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The Dewint house is one of the oldest surviving structures in Rockland County. It was built by using brick and indigenous stone in 1700 by Daniel Declark, who migrated in America in 1676 and bought the land from the native inhabitants in 1682.
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The Stamp Act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies, to raise money needed for military defences of the colonies.
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Acts of the British Parliament in 1767, especially the act that placed duties on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc., imported into the American colonies
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The Boston Massacre was an deadly riot that occurred on early 1770, on King street in Boston. In which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
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The Boston Tea Party was an form of protesting against the tea and the officials, as an group of colonists entered the boat and threw all of the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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The First Continental Congress was an meeting convened in Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain’s thirteen American colonies met to discuss America’s future under growing British wing.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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Boston was being besieged by thousands of America militia. The British were trying to keep control of the city and control its valuable seaport. The British decided to take two hills, Bunker Hill, and Breed’s Hill, in order to gain a tactical advantage. The American forces heard about it and went to defend the hills. Although the British won the battle and gained control of the hills, they paid a heavy price. They lost hundreds of soldiers including several officers.
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The declaration of independence, was written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the second continental congress, it states the reasons the British colonies of north America sought independence in July of 1776.
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It was an important battle because it was a turning point in the American Revolution. As it gave the Patriots and major morale boost against the French. French's navel support eventually helped with the Continental army win the final Battle of Yorktown, leading to the end of the American Revolution
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George Washington and his subordinate, General Charles Lee, attacked the rearguard part General Sir Henry Clinton's British Army.
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The Baylor massacre was an surprise British attack, as they were sleeping. It occurred in present-day River Vale, New jersey
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The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 original states of the USA, that was the first constitution.
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The Battle of Yorktown was a military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary war.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Year War between Great Britain and France.
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Major John Andre was executed as a spy by the Americans.
