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This was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their lands.
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This was a deadly riot between American colonists and a few British soldiers which quickly escalated from a riot to a bloody choatic massacre.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest of angry and frustrated American colonists against Britain for imposing "taxation without representation". So they dumped out million dollars worth of tea into the harbor.
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This was a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods unless parliament should rescind Intolerable Acts.
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This historically very important because it convened after the American Revolutionary War begun, taking the momentous step in declaring America's independence from Britain.
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This was when 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed by members of Congress. This was the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government. We now celebrate this day as the birth of American independence on July 4.
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The election was a political realignment that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican leadership. This marked the peaceful transition in power from one political party to another.