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These articles detail the terms under which British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates after the Battles of Saratoga...

This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North Americ after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act...

This pamphlet tells the story of the Boston Massacre from a Loyalist perspective, including both a narrative of the events of March 5, 1770, and 31...

These are entries in the diary of David Hall, a resident of Boston, dated March 11, March 18, and March 25, 1770. He writes about the "Dark day" of...

General Thomas Gage, Commander-in-Chief of all British forces in North America, writes to acting Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson concerning...

As part of the so-called Intolerable Acts punishing Boston for its infamous Tea Party, Parliament passed this act to assert its authority over its...

In March 1775, the Patriot legislature of Virginia met for the second time in St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond. Patrick Henry is said to have...

In response to the Townshend Acts passed by Parliament in 1767, Samuel Adams, on behalf of the Massachusetts legislature, wrote the Massachusetts...

In protest of the Townshend Act, citizens of Charleston agreed to boycott any British goods. July 22, 1769 We, his Majesty's dutiful and loving...

To protest the British crown's Townshend Act, which placed taxes on a variety of goods, Boston merchants and traders made an agreement not to import...

In defiance of Lord Dunmore, royal governor of Virginia, dissolving the House of Burgesses for showing sympathy to Boston after its port was blockaded...

The New York City branch of the Sons of Liberty, a secret society dedicated to resisting oppressive British measures in the colonies, published this...