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Ratified by the British parliament under King George lll. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England.
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After months of tension due to occupation and taxation, Bostonians and Redcoats clashed in the streets of Boston.
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Pamphlet inspired by American colonists to declare independence from England written by Thomas Paine.
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The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776 began signing it.
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Valley Forge was the site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army. The park commemorates the sacrifice and perseverance of the Revolutionary War generation.
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General Washington, allied with American and French forces, besieged General Charles Lord Cornwallis British Army.
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British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonist. That sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War.