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The Stamp of Congress
British troops in Boston fired on a jeering crowd,killing five,in what came to be known as the Boston Massacre. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of men , disguised as native Americans,boarded three tea ships in Boston Harbor. -
The Boston Tea Party.
They broke open the chests and dumped the ship's cargo into the sea to protest British control of the tea trade. -
First Continental Congress
Parliament passed yet another set of laws, this time to punished the colonists for the troubles in Boston and elsewhere. -
First Continental Congress
with a call for a second congress to be convened the following may. Over the several months , all 13 colonial legislatures gave their support to the actionsof the first Continental Congress. -
Second Continental Congress
By then , the Revolutation had begun. -
The First State Constitutions
nearly two months before the adoption of the declaration of indepedence , the congress urged each of the colonies to adopt "such governments as shall, in opinion of the representatives of the people , best conduced to thehappiness and safety of their constituents." -
Primary Source
Resolved, that these united colonies are , and of right oughtto be ,free and independence states, that they are absolved from all allengiance to the british crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britian is , and ought to be , totally dissolved. -
The Declaration of Independence
they adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the existence of the new nation. -
Our First National Government
During that time , the second continental congress fought a war, raised armies and navy, borrowed funds, bought supplies,created a money system, made treaties with foreign power, and did other things that any government would have had to do in those circumstances.
