The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Formation of the Sons of Liberty
The Townshend Acts
Non-consumption and Non-importation
The Boston Massacre
The Formation of the Committees of Correspondence
The Boston Tea Party
The Coercive Acts
The First Continental Congress
Lexington and Concord
The Second Continental Congress
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Washington Takes Command of the Continental Army
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Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776
The Continental Congress resolved on 2 July 1776 "That these United Colonies are, and of right, ought to be, Free and Independent States." In this letter written a day later, John Adams reflected on the event and tried to sum up what it meant for Americans of his own time and in the future. On 4 July the corrected and approved text of the Declaration of Independence was printed for distribution. It is the latter date that Americans celebrate with "Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations."
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