The Declaration of Independence
When in the course of human events . . .
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Here are some different resources to help you understand what led the United States to declare its independence from Great Britain.
People
- Edmond Burke
- John Dickinson
- George III
- Patrick Henry
- John Jay
- Robert Livingston
- William G. Livingston
- Robert Carter Nicholas
- Lord North
- Edmund Pendleton
- Peyton Randolph
Also be sure to visit our website devoted to Thomas Paine
Events and Things
- First Continental Congress
- Ministry of Lord North
- Raleigh Tavern
- Gaspee Affair
- French & Indian War
- Non-importation Agreements
- Boston Massacre
- Sons of Liberty
- Committees of Correspondence
- Vice-Admiralty Courts
- Albany Congress
- Tax Stamp
- King's Proclamation, 1775
- Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions, 1765
- Instructions for the Deputies
- The First Virginia Constitution
- The Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Stamp Act Congress, 1765
- Galloway's "Plan for the Union of Great Britain and the Colonies"
- Articles of Association, 1774
Laws and Resolutions
- Boston Non-Importation Agreement
- Tea Act
- Sugar Act
- Currency Act
- Proclamation of 1763
- Stamp Act
- Quartering Act of 1765
- Declaratory Act
- Townshend Revenue Act
- Intolerable Acts
- Boston Port Act
- Administration of Justice Act
- Massachusetts Government Act
- Quartering Act of 1774
- Quebec Act
- Declarations of the First Continental Congress
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