Enraged, King George III secretly sent General Gage to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, the two ringleaders of the Boston Tea Party, and to seize arsenals at Lexington and Concord. When the secret is found out and farmers rush to the cities' defense, George III declares the colonies officially in rebellion. With the motivation of people like Thomas Paine, Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, the American colonies gained the courage to fight for independence. ...

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The colonists created the Stamp Act Congress in response to the Stamp Act, which is where they drafted the "Declaration of Rights and Grievances" and sent it to King George III. ... In a letter to Arthur Lee, Richard Henry Lee states the colonies were "most firmly united" and agreed "to defend their liberties" from Britain (C). ...

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HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form coherent narratives and uncover linked sequences and patterns in past events. Most histories are concerned with causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are linked to earlier events. 1 Origins of Historical Writing In preliterate societies, the acc...

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