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Due to the Boston Tea Party, the British passed the 'Intolerable Acts' which were meant to punish the Sons of Liberty (the group who committed the Boston Tea Party).
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At the onset on the war, in 1861 and 1862, they stood as relatively equal combatants. The Confederates had the advantage of being able to wage a defensive war, rather than an offensive one. They had to protect and preserve their new boundaries, but they did not have to be the aggressors against the Union.
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