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Imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
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A series of acts passed.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight due to a snowball fight gone wrong.
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initially referred to as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston"
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They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting.
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British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
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final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies, that the Congress represented, and Great Britain.
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Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine ithat inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence.
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Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections
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The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War
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The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax.
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Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown
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The negotiated between the United States and Great Britain
