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The Stamp Act
Passed by British Parliament. It required all American colonists to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston on the tax on tea. They dumped the tea in the Boston harbor. -
Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
Patrick Henry made this speech to the Second Virginia Convention . -
The Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes
Paul Revere is most famous for his midnight ride to warn the surrounding countryside that the British (redcoats) were coming to ransack them. -
The U.S. Constitution is Signed
They signed it in the same place as the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-constitution-signed
