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It was the document of the laws for the new colony when they were to arrive.
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Franklin proposed the creation of an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies.
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The law required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents.
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770.
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A group of about 200 men, some disguised as Indians, assembled on a near-by hill. Whopping war chants, the crowd marched two-by-two to the wharf, descended upon the three ships and dumped their offending cargos of tea into the harbor waters.
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The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, The first few weeks were consumed in discussion and debate.
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Times had taken a sharp turn for the worse. Lexington and Concord had changed everything.
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The decleration of rights was a document which states the rigths of the people.
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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument.
