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The Proclamationof 1763 is when King George III declared all lands west of the Appalachian Divide off-limits to colonial settlers.
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Parliament passes a further act that is to come into effect the following November.
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The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767.
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The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770.
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The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston.
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The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774.
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The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia.
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The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts
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By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
