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 * Important Documents of the American Revolution **

Declaration of Independence Non Importation Agreements
 * During the American Revolution, there were many important documents such as; The Declaration of Independences, signed by Thomas Jefferson, the Thomas Paine Common Sense, Lord Dummore's Proclamation, The Treaty of Paris, another document written by Thomas Paine called The Crisis, and The Nonimportation Acts.**
 * The Declaration of Independence was written by the second Continental Congress, because however the King ignored the attempts of the first Continental Congress. The Declaration was signed by Thomas jefferson, john hancock, John Adams, and Samuel Adams. However, the list continues. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 because of the complaints of the colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain. Also, the colonists didn't accept the fact that the parliament was passing unecessary laws. Which they thought was unfair because they believed that they were ruled by the king, and he should be the one creating and passing the laws.**
 * The Non Importation Agreements were the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts. The Stamp Act was written and passed in 1756 by Parliament. The Act was used to raise money for the British soldiers living in America. This act stated that all citizens of Britain were to use stamped paper on documents, letters, newspapers, etc. However, whoever did not abide by these laws, could be tried in a jury. Since the act did not agree with the citizens they wanted it repealed (or taken out of order) on March 17, 1776. The other important agreement was the Townshends act. The Townshends Act was established in the 1770's also by the British Parliament. This act placed taxes on Imported goods. But the colonists believed that they should have no taxation without representation. So Parliament lifted the taxes on all items accept tea. The colonists still were not satisfied so they began smuggling tea into Britain. In Novemeber of 1773, three british ships arrived at the Boston Harbor with cargos of tea. The colonists refused to allow them to unload the cargo.**

=**The Treaty of Paris**=
 * The Treaty of Paris was one of the imoportant doucuments of the American revolutionary war. The treaty officialy ended the war in 1783. It was singed on September 3,1783 by Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams at the Hotel d'York. They represented the U.S. and David Hartley represented King George III. There were many requirments for the peace treaty. Those requiremants were that there was set borders for the U.S which included all land from the Great Lakes on North to Flordia on South and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi river. It granted New England fishing rights off of Labrador, and Nova Scotia. This treaty was ratifyied on January 14, 1784.[[image:http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=328808212572&id=0c733c63cb46cce70026ba6a8b6899b1&index=ch1 width="102" height="160" align="left" caption="Go to fullsize image" link="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoS53YQBNNVAAtD.JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBpdnJhMHUzBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNzcgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=1kj97aqb4/EXP=1291956983/**http%3a//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dthomas%252Bpaine%252527s%252Bcommon%252Bsense%2526ei%253DUTF8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-319-s%26w=510%26h=800%26imgurl=www.indiana.edu%252F%257Eliblilly%252Fhistory%252Fimages%252Fjc178-b713_00001.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.indiana.edu%252F%257Eliblilly%252Fhistory%252Fcommon-sense-larger.html%26size=130KB%26name=Thomas%2bPaine%2b-%2bC...%26p=thomas%2bpaine%2527s%2bcommon%2bsense%26oid=d85c5d381564f17dceafece6ed644814%26fr2=%26no=1%26tt=588%26sigr=121ervn8t%26sigi=11tkdahm0%26sigb=1330tfpv5%26.crumb=G5Ig8PuePuf"]]**

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
 * Thomas Paine's common sense was also an important document of the American Revolution. This document was passed on January 10, 1776. This was another document that helped establish freedom and independence of America from Great Britain.**