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  2. List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1775

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    An Act to continue for a further Time an Act, made in the Eighth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, [b] intituled, "An Act to continue and amend an Act, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, [c] intituled, 'An Act for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from Ireland for a limited Time; and for allowing ...

  3. 1775 in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    9 December – American Revolution: Battle of Great Bridge – victory by the Virginia's Second Regiment and the Culpeper (Virginia) Minuteman Battalion, leads to withdrawal of the British from the port of Norfolk Borough. 30–31 December – American Revolution: Battle of Quebec – British forces repulse an attack by the American Continental ...

  4. Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The Thirteen Colonies (shown in red) in 1775. The governments of the Thirteen Colonies of British America developed in the 17th and 18th centuries under the influence of the British constitution. The British monarch issued colonial charters that established either royal colonies, proprietary colonies, or corporate colonies.

  5. List of British governments - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the 20th century, the leader of the British government held the title of First Lord of the Treasury, and not that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Therefore, the list below refers to the "Head of Government" and not the "Prime Minister". Even so, the leader of a government was often colloquially referred to as the "prime ...

  6. Olive Branch Petition - Wikipedia

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    In August 1775, the colonies were formally declared to be in rebellion by the Proclamation of Rebellion, and the petition was rejected by the British government; King George had refused to read it before declaring the colonists traitors. [2]

  7. Frederick North, Lord North - Wikipedia

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    The British government's prestige and popularity were enormously boosted by the incident. It had successfully managed to drive a wedge between France and Spain and demonstrated the power of the Royal Navy , although it was suggested by critics that this gave Lord North a degree of complacency and an incorrect belief that the European powers ...

  8. A Summary View of the Rights of British America - Wikipedia

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    A Summary View of the Rights of British America was a tract written by Thomas Jefferson in 1774, before the U.S. Declaration of Independence, in which he laid out for delegates to the First Continental Congress a set of grievances against King George III, especially against King George III and the Parliament of Great Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party.

  9. Timeline of British history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom