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Lexington and Concord were battles that kicked off the American Revolution. Hundreds of British troops marched to Concord to seize an arms cache

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1st continental congress: Sep.5-Oct.26 1774

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1st continental congress: Sep.5-Oct.26 1774

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1st continental congress: Sep.5-Oct.26 1774 The first continental congress was a meeting of 12 delegates from the 13 colonies in Pennsylvania early during the American Revolution. It occurred in response to the Intolerable acts punishing the Massachusetts.

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The Intolerable acts were a series of law passed by parliament after the Boston Tea party. They punished the colonists for their act of throwing a large tea shipment into the Boston Harbor.

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The Boston Tea party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. They destroyed an entire shipment of tea by boarding ships and throwing chests of tea into the Boston Harbor

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The goal of the Tea Act was to reduce the large amounts of tea held by British East India Company and to help the company survive. It saved the company from bankruptcy by lowering the price of the tea.

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British officials worked to stop tensions with the colonies by appealing the Townshend Acts and ending the American Boycott of British goods. This event was what led up to the American Revolution.

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The Boston Massacre happened in Boston when a fire was opened on a group of American colonists killing 5 men. It happened between a group of patriots and British soldiers.

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The Townshend Acts were a series of acts relating to the colonies in in North America. The acts raised revenues in the colonies so that the salaries would pay for the salaries of the governor and judge.

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The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting held in New York with representatives from some of the British colonies. The colonists united and were against the Stamp Act and issued a Declaration of Rights and Grievances.

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The Sons of Liberty was a secret society formed to protect the rights of colonists and fight taxation. They played a major role in the colonies during the Stamp Act. 

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The Sons of Liberty was a secret society formed to protect the rights of colonists and fight taxation. They played a major role in the colonies during the Stamp Act. 

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The Stamp Act put a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, looking to North American colonies as a resource.The colonists disagreed with this act because they argued that only their own representatives can tax them.

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The Sugar Act was a british law designed to raise revenue from the American Colonists. The act put a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies.

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British issued a proclamation intending to appease the Indians encroachment of settlers on their land. It has now become a Native American law in the United States of Canada.