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An act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
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The Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
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Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
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Theye were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea party.
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To protest British Parliament's tax on tea and Throw the tea into Boston Harbor
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Was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia.
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Was peripherally involved in the battle, and was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the vast majority of combat took place on the adjacent Breed's Hill.
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The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict.
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It inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer.
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American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
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George Washington marched the Continental Army.
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It marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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A combined American force of Colonial and French troops laid seige to the British Army at Yorktown, Virginia.
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King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America, ended the American Revolutionary War.
