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an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
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The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people
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The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
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Arguing for a republican form of government under a written constitution, it played a key role in rallying American support for independence.
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In fact, independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.”
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The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776
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The particularly severe winter of 1777-1778 proved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease.
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The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans.
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The Siege of Charleston was a major engagement fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.
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The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York
