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The massacre resulted in the death of five colonists. British troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep order, but instead they provoked outrage
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boston tea party
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As the British departed, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Patriot minutemen
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tensions between the American colonies and the British government approached the breaking point
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Originally published anonymously, “Common Sense” advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain
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independence day
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Paine wrote Common Sense, an extremely popular and successful pamphlet arguing for Independence
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Maryland finally approved the Articles
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The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France sign the Treaty of Paris on this day in 1783
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members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution
