In reference to the Stamp Act in 1765, Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying during a testimony of the act, "I know it is appropriated by the act to the American service; but it will be spent in the conquered colonies, where the soldiers are, not in the colonies that pay it....... The Seven Years War between Great Britain and France and its subsequent acts had a substantial impact on British-American relations once the war was over. When France ceded Canada and the Ohio River Valley to Great Britain, the British announced the Proclamation of 1763, "to prevent the colonists from rushi...

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The group's supreme achievement came in 1780, with the help of the information given from the ring; French Fleets were able to avoid a massive defeat from the British. Incorporated in one of the Culper Rings messages was a warning, 8,000 British troops were about to travel by sea to Newport to attack the French fleet. ... A trustworthy patriot posing as a tory farmer took the untrue plan to the British officials, saying he had found the plan along the road. The British fell for the plan and commanded their fleets to retreat to New York, leaving the French fleet untouched. Washington'...

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