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Describe two reasons that American colonists rose up and rebelled against the British.

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High taxes and Claim on the continent. The royal proclamation of 1763, issued by George III on Oct. 7, forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. This meant settlements previously approved by the Crown were now unlawful
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