America - 1774AD
In 1774AD:
Rhode Island became the first state to abolish slavery.
Britain passed the Intolerable Acts and closed the port of Boston.
Edmund Burke's speech
On American Taxation
defended the colony's rights.
The first Continental Congress met and condemned Britain's Intolerable Acts.
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