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This congress was formed as a result of the Stamp Act in October 1765.
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Britain sets a tax that requires a stamp on all public documents like newspapers or legal documents. The colonists did not like having this tax placed on them. This led to unrest in the colonies and the Stamp Act Congress
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5 Boston colonists are shot by British troops.
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Angry with a new tax on tea, some Boston colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty board British ships and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Representatives from the colonies get together to unite and oppose British taxes in September 1774.
