The Declaration of Independence

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  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    French Parliament passed the Stamp Act which taxed the colonies in the US

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    There were 4,000 British soldiers in Boston, a city with 15,000 inhabitants, and tensions were running high. On the evening of March 5, crowds of day laborers, apprentices, and merchant sailors began to pelt British soldiers with snowballs and rocks. A shot rang out, and then several soldiers fired their weapons. Some people died from this. https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/paul-revere%27s-engraving-boston-massacre-1770

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    On December 16, 1773, over one hundred American colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea into the water.

  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    This is where American colonists had to provide red coats with necessitates like shelter, food, laundry, and everything

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript