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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was created by Great Britian to try to recover some money from war costs. The act taxed almost everything coming in from Britain. This caused much discontent with the colonists. Source: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/stampact.htm
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Protest of Stam Act
One of the most notable acts of protesting against the stamp act was in Boston when an effigy of Andrew Oliver s strung up on a tree at the crossing of Essex and Orange Street. Source: http://investigatinghistory.ashp.cuny.edu/m2.html
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Gaspee Affair
The Gaspee affair was an event in which a British Customs officer hit shore with his ship in Warwick Rhode Island. The Colonists being fed up with the officer decided to board, loot, and set a blaze the ship. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9e_Affair
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Commities of Correspondence Established
After the Gaspee Affair secret commities were formed of patriots who felt strongly against Britian in Massachusetts which later spread to the other colonies. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_correspondence
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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party occured when three shipments of taxed tea came from Britian which the colonists did not want, was not returned to Britian. A group of colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped the tea overboard into the water. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party
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Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
The Intolerable Acts were acts placed by the British Parliment that offended the colonists greatly. These acts consisted of the: Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts
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Quebec Act
The Quebec Act came from parliment and gave more regulations for Quebec to follow. Some of these included removing a refrence to protestant faith in the oath of allegiance and allowing tithes for the Catholic churches. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Act
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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met at Carpenters Hall in Pennsylavania consisting of twelve British North American colony representitives. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Continental_Congress
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Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere's Ride was a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that described how Paul Revere rode on his horse informing the patriots that the Brtitish were coming. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere%27s_Ride
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first official military brawls between the Province of Massachusetss Bay and Great Britian that marked the begining of the American Revolutionary War. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord
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Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congess met shortly after the begining of the Revolutionary War. During this congress the managing of the colonial war was discussed and independence from England was greatly discussed leading to the eventual creation of the United States Decleration of Independence. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress
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George Washington Appointed General
George Washington was chosen to be General by Congress. He very humbly accepted and was allowed $500 a month for expenses. Source: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/amrev/contarmy/accepts.html
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Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The British won the battle but took heavy casulties and injuries. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill
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Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was created by congress to try to stop a full-blow war with Britian. The document said they were loyal to the king and did not want to continue fighting. The king had already written the proclamation of rebellion which called colonists traitors. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Branch_Petition
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Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
The Proclamation for Suppressing and Sedition was a document from the British Parliment saying that the thirteen colonies were rebellious and will be stopped. It also said that even in Great Britain people who supported the Colonies would be punished. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Rebellion
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British Pulled out of Virginia
Patriots attacked and defeated Virginian governor Dunmore's troops near Norfolk, Virginia. The British then decided to pull their soldiers out of Virginia leaving the colonists in control. Source: http://www.utulsa.edu/law/classes/rice/constitutional/time_line.htm
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Common Sense Published
The Common Sense (pamphlet) was written by Thomas Paine during the introduction of the revolutionary war. The pamphlet was first published anonymously but later was revealed that Thomas Paine wrote it. The pamphlet critizizes British Rule. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_%28pamphlet%29
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British Evacuate Boston
Washington ordered that cannons be strategically placed in Dorchestor Heights to threaten the British ships coming in bringing supplies. William Howe, the commander of the British army decided he could not keep control of Boston see he withdrew forces and retreated to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Boston
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Writing of Decleration of Independence
The writing of the Decleration of independence began on the date shown with five members; John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The document was not passed immediatly and was a revised a bit before actually becoming published. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence#Draft_and_adoption
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Decleration of Independence
The United States Decleration of Independence was a document that stated that the thirteen colonies of America were splitting off from the mother country England and were becoming an idependent nation. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
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