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Stamp Act Congress
A meeting consisting of delegates from 9 of the 13 colonies that discussed and acted upon the recently passed Stamp Act. -
Townshend Acts
Taxes on new items including tea, glass and other goods. Most of the new taxes were repealed, but the tax on tea was retained. -
The Boston Massacre
An incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops. The legal aftermath helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the American Revolution -
Boston Tea Party
After officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met early in the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
The Articles of Confederation passed
The first constitution of the United States. -
Declaration of Independence
A statement written primaily by Thomas Jefferson, which announced that the thirteen American colonies were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
