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A meeting of delegates from 9 colonies, which discussed the newly passed Stamp Act.
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Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britian relating to the British Colonies. The acts were imposed to raise money for governors and judges, so that they would be independent of colonial control.
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The killing of five British colonists by British troops, after tension caused by Birish military presence in Boston.
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Rebellion of British colonists against the British gov't, after British officials refused to return taxed tea to Britian.
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Meeting in Philidelphia wit delegates from 12 British colonies to adopt a resolution to oppose the Coersive Acts.
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Meeting in Philadelphia where the decision was made to raise and army with George Washington as the commander in chief.
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Document written by Thomas Jefferson that claimed that the colonies had the right to separate from Britian and listed theier greivances against the King.
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The first constitution of the US made among the 13 colonies, which established a weak central gov't and laid most of the power into the states' hands.
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The treaty that formally ended the American Revolution between Britain and the colonies.
