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HISTORY: The Battles of Lexington and Concord

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

Lead-Up to the Battles of Lexington and Concord Starting in 1764, Great Britain enacted a series of measures aimed at raising revenue from its 13 American colonies. Many of those measures, including the Sugar Act, Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, generated fierce resentment among the colonists, who protested against “taxation without representation.” Boston, the site […]

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Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry

Early Years Patrick Henry was born in 1736 to John and Sarah Winston Henry on his family’s farm in Hanover County, Virginia. He was educated mostly at home by his father, a Scottish-born planter who had attended college in Scotland. Henry struggled to find a profession as a young adult. He failed in several attempts […]

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John Hancock circa 1780: American revolutionary politician John Hancock (1737 - 1793), who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. (Photo by Stock Montage/Stock Montage/Getty Images)

John Hancock

John Hancock’s Early Years and Family John Hancock was born on January 23 (or January 12, according to the calendar in use at the time), 1737, in Braintree (present-day Quincy), Massachusetts. After his clergyman father died when Hancock was a boy, he was raised by his aunt and uncle, Thomas Hancock (1703-1764), a wealthy merchant, […]

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Causes of the Revolutionary War For more than a decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, tensions had been building between colonists and the British authorities. The French and Indian War, or Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), brought new territories under the power of the crown, but the expensive conflict lead to new […]

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Sons of Liberty

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Who Were the Sons of Liberty?

Most famous for their role in the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty used grassroots activism to push back against British rule.

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An angry mob protest against the Stamp Act by carrying a banner reading 'The Folly of England, the Ruin of America' through the streets of New York. The Stamp Act, a tax on documents and publications was passed in 1765 by the British government to increase revenue from the colonies, and repealed in 1799 after pressure from both sides of the Atlantic. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

The Stamp Act Riots

Look back at the colonial protests that laid the groundwork for the American Revolution a decade later.

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Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech

On the anniversary of Patrick Henry’s stirring words at the 1775 Virginia Convention, take a look back at the speech that included the famous line, “Give me liberty or give me death!”

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6 Unsung Heroes of the American Revolution

From an asthmatic Quaker to a notorious traitor, learn about six amateur soldiers who were among the lesser-known heroes of the American Revolution.

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Patrick Henry voices American opposition to British policy

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The Boston Massacre

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1773

British parliament passes unpopular Tea Act

American Revolution
1773

The Boston Tea Party

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1765

Stamp Act imposed on American colonies

Colonial America
1776

Thomas Paine publishes “Common Sense”

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