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George III Became King England
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The Stamp Act
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Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City
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Parliament Passes the Townshend Acts
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The Boston massacre
a confrontation in Boston in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles. -
The Boston Tea Party
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The coercive acts
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First continental congress meets in Philadelphia
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First shots of the american revolution
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second continental congress meets in Philadelphia
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The olive branch petition
Was a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America.