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Declaratory Act
Picture Link The Declaratory Act, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1775 -
Townshend Acts
Picture Link They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Picture Link The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770 -
Tea Act
Picture Link The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
Picture Link Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard -
Intolerable Acts
Picture Link They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
Picture Link The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 -
2nd Continental Congress
Picture Link The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Midnight Ride
Picture Link Paul Revere and William Dawes began their ride to Lexington on 18 April 1775. -
Lexington and Concrod
Picture Link The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
