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Act that put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine.
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Direct tax imposed by the British Parliament on the American Colonies.
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Best known for the line "Give me Liberty, or give me death!"
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Placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
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The massive killing of 5 colonists by British soldiers in Boston.
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Colonists dressed as Indians stormed British ships and dumped numerous punds of tea into the harbor.
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Things were going badly, and the armed forces were disorganized. The Continental Congress created the Continental Army and named George Washington as commander-in-chief.
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They came together to act together in response to the Intolerable Acts. They met in secret because they didn't want Great Britain to know that they were united.
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It was the first time that the Continental Congress finally realized that they were no longer part of the British Empire.
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The Declaration of Independence was officially signed and put into order, showing the British Empire that the newly formed United States of America were dead serious.
