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It was one of the largest slave rebellions. Slaves gathered, raided a firearms shop, and headed south, killing more than 20 white people as they went. Most of the slaves were eventually captured and executed.
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Its purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service and to give customs agents more power and latitude with respect to executing seizures and enforcing customs law.
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The Currency Act effectively assumed control of the colonial currency system. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency.
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It required people to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight between British soldiers and the towns people They threw snowballs, stones, and sticks, and attacked the soldiers.
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It was the kick of for the Revolutionary war.
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It was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War. Although the British eventually won the battle, it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause.
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Thomas Pain wrote this in favor of setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. It was a very influential pamphlet in its time.
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It is considered the turning point in the American Revolution. It included two crucial battles and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army.
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The Treaty of Paris officially ended the French and Indian War.
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It was a uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
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The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the U.S. federal government put forward by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention in 1787
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It is a series of 85 essays on the proposed new Constitution of the United States and on the nature of republican government. They were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.
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Eli Whitney created the cotton gin. It was a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
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It was a document written by Alexander Hamilton in response to allegations of his affair. It caused much uproar in his political life.
