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The Stamp Act was the British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through the direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers. The North American colonies were there and they insisted that the act was unconstitutional.
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This ended on October 25th, 1765.
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The Townshend Acts were a series of Acts that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
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The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers open fired on a group of colonists, this was because these men were protesting about the new taxes that had been set in place.
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The Boston Tea Party was a protest where American colonists were protesting the unfair taxes and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
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The Coercive Acts were a series of four laws passed by the British parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
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Patrick Henry, George Washington, John and Samuel Adams, John Jay, and John Dickinson attended to try to create a friendship or alliance with the British. This ended on October 26th, 1774.
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Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson joined the second meeting to try to gain independence from Britain. This ended on March 1st, 1775.
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The Olive Branch Petition was formed by Congress and sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent an all-out war.
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The Declaration of Independence announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.
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Official Ending of the American Revolution