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A page of the Stamp Act that argues that the colonists cannot be subject to taxation without representation in British Parliment.

Daughters of Liberty

Women protesting through The Daughters of Liberty

Students and teachers present in a Dame School.

A depiction of the first shots fired during the Boston Massacre, killing Crispus, Attucks.

Colonist holding 13 colonies flag

Cotton planter and pickers 1908 by H. Tees is in the Public Domain

Cotton machinery--England--London--1850-1860

Cotton field and farm

First armed vessel in the service of the United States. Owned by John Glover of Massachusetts, she entered service in September of 1775 at the request of George Washington, who commissioned Nicholas Broughton to command her.