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American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
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1765–1783 colonial rebellion in North America
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First Continental Congress
1774 meeting of American colonial delegates
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Series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774
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