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an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the Thirteen Colonies.
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a confrontation in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under harassment by locals.
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was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston and Massachusetts.
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Convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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fought during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
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The final attempt to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution.
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a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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a statement adopted by the Second Constitutional Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
