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Stamp Act Congress
9 delegates of the thirteen colonies met in the Federal Hall of New York and they discussed the passed stamp act -
Townshend Acts
series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain which include: Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act. -
The Boston Massacre
killed civilians at the hands of the British Troops and sparked rebellion in the colonies -
Boston Tea Act
Colonists, angered by the high taxes on tea, dressed as Native Americans boarded a ship full of tea and dumped it into the harbor -
First Continental Congress
convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies Called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts -
Second Continental Congress
delegates from the 13 colonies met in Pennsylvania and managed the war and worked towards independence -
Declaration of Independence
Document that declared the thirteen states were independent of Great Britain -
Articles of Confederation
First constitution of the United States and established the union of states -
Treaty of Paris
Ended American Revolutionary war between U.S. and Great Britain
