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A plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin
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Imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came when the british empire was deep in debt because of the seven years war.
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The british regulars killed 5 colonists. Some what sparked the American Revolution.
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Destroyed an entire shipment of tea in protest of the tea act in 1773
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Harsh laws meant to punish the colonists in defense of the boston tea party.
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Meeting of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies at carpenters hall in Philidelphia
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Held in the spring of 1775 and had delegates from all 13 colonies.
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British troops were going to capture patriot leaders and were met by 77 american minutemen.
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First battles of the American Revolution, they marked the breakout of the war between the british and the colonists
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Adopted by the second continental congress. Declared that the 13 colonies were going independent from the british and wanted to be recognized as 13 colonies separate from britain.
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General Cornwalls was forced to surrender Yorktown and two years later the treaty of paris made it official