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A delegate meeting between 9 of the 13 colonies about the newly issued Stamp Act.
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(Various dates in Jan.) A series of acts following the stamp act from the Parliament to help pay their debt to the French and Indian War. It reduced British troops in the Colonies and greatly raised the taxes on imported goods.
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5 colonists were killed by royal British troops. This was caused because of the growing tension between the new issued tax acts and such the British made to colonists.
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Where the Colonists boycotted tea exports and dumped all of it into the Boston Harbor. To not be suspected, the Colonists dressed as Native Americans.
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The delegates discussed at Philadelphia's Carpenters Hall not independence, but just that the new laws issued to them are unjust and they wanted to fix the wrongs.
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delegates attempting to find a way for independence
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America declares independence from Great Britain; a document which includes reasons why they want freedom and that they should be their own nation and run their land like they want to run it. The main author of this piece is Thomas Jefferson.
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Did not work out well because it gave too much power to leaders too strong federal government; was soon changed to the Constitution in 1787.
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Signed by American and British leaders ending the American Revolution
