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A meeting between congress to discuss the issues of trial by jury, right to self taxation, and admiralty courts.
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A British taxs on imports of glass, paint, lead paper, and tea for the American colonies to raise revenues.
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A killing of five citizens by British soldiers.
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American patriots, disguised as Native Americans, threw British tea from ships in Boston.
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A meeting in Philidelphia between the American delegates. They voted to cut off colonial trade with Great Britain unless parliament abolished Intolerable Acts.
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The gathering of American delegates in Philidelphia to break away from the British government.
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A document by Thomas Jefferson that finally abolished the American colonies from the British crown; the document listed grievences and reasons for the seperation.
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The Articles of Confederation established the first form of government for the colonies. The Articles gave the states more power than necessery and in turn, failed.
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Treaty ending the American Revolution.
