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The declaration of independence was a form that gave the 13 colonies independence from Britain.

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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from all of the 13 colonies. They formed in Philadelphia in May 1775.

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On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts.

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American colonists were angry at Britain for breaking the “taxation without representation,” law so they dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.

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The Tea Act was an act of Parliament where they reduced the massive amount of tea being shipped. They made it so that only one type of tea can be shipped.

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The boston massacre was the phrase to describe when British soldiers opened fired on 5 Americans colonists.

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British made several laws and rules to not trade with America.

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The Declaratory Act allowed Parliament to make laws.

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British Soldiers could stay in random people's houses and the homeowner had to feed them.

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They made citizens pay raised taxes.