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Stamp act
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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road to revolution
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Boston massacre
a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. -
tea party
applied to the occasion when a shipment of tea was thrown into Boston harbor in protest against the tax on imports -
creation of the second continental congress
was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia, soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War. -
Creation of the first continental congress
delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Lexington and concord
kicked off the American Revolutionary War. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
declaration of independence
a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation.