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The Stamp Act was the tax on printed items was the first direct tax on the colonists. It added a fee to printed materials such as legal documents and newspapers.
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A group of colonist hurled snowballs and rocks at British soldiers guarding the Customs House. The soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five colonists.
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Agree to boycott British goods
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Patrick Henry, gives his most famous speech, in the House of Burgesses.
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Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence was approved.
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Baron Von Steuben trains the Continental Army at Valley Forge, Penn.
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established peace between Great Britain and the allied nations of France, Spain, and the Netherlands.
