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stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
John Adams
John Adams was a leader of the American Revolution, and served as the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
Lexington
the first battle of the American Revolutionary War and the Battle of Concord. -
General George Washington
The Continental Congress selected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House. -
king gorge the III
England’s longest-ruling monarch before Queen Victoria, King George III ascended the British throne in 1760.