| Printable American History Readings with Questions |
| The Road to Independence |
| 1.
A New Colonial System |
| 2. The Stamp Act |
| 3. Taxation without Representation |
| 4. The Townshend Acts |
| 5. Samuel Adams |
| 6. The Boston "Tea Party" |
| 7. The Coercive Acts |
| 8. The Revolution Begins |
| 9. Common Sense and Independence |
| 10. Defeats and Victories |
| 11. Franco-American Alliance |
| 12. The British Move South |
| 13. Victory and Independence |
| 14. The Significance of the American Revolution |
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| Text courtesy of the U.S. State Department, Bureau of International Information Programs, 2005 |
