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Stamp Act : act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted tax revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty
Boston Massacre : street fight between a colonial mob and a squad of British soldiers
Boston Tea Party : political protest by the Sons of Liberty
Intolerable Acts : series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in the wake of the Boston Tea Party
Shot heard around the world : Battle of Lexington and Concord
Common Sense: pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraging colonists to rebel
Declaration of Independence : document declaring colonial independence from Great Britain
Articles of Confederation : United States' first constitution
Constitutional Convention : convention to fix the AoC; ended up abandoning it in favor of a new Constitution
Anti Federalists Federalists : America's earliest political parties
First Great Awakening : series of religious revivals in the colonies
act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted tax revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty
street fight between a colonial mob and a squad of British soldiers
political protest by the Sons of Liberty
series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in the wake of the Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington and Concord
pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraging colonists to rebel
document declaring colonial independence from Great Britain
United States' first constitution
convention to fix the AoC; ended up abandoning it in favor of a new Constitution