1976 USA Bicentennial Commemorative Coin - Samuel Adams Revolutionary War Collectible Coin | Perfect for History Buffs, Coin Collectors & Patriotic Displays

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1976 USA US REVOLUTION Bicentennial SAMUEL ADAMS & PATRICK HENRY Medal i98346 i98346Authentic Medal of: United States Bicentennial - Founding Fathers: Samuel Adams Patrick Henry1976 Bronze Medal 36mm (25.55 grams) AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL SAMUEL ADAMS P PATRICK HENRY RCL, Adams and Henry facing 1/3 right.COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE TO UNITE THE COLONIES RCL, Patriot on horseback receiving letter from wigged father, man with hat below.You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in colonial North America between 1765 and 1783. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (17751783), gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States of America, the first modern constitutional liberal democracy.American colonists objected to being taxed by the British Parliament, a body in which they had no direct representation. Before the 1760s, Britain's American colonies had enjoyed a high level of autonomy in their internal affairs, which were locally governed by colonial legislatures. The passage of the Stamp Act of 1765 imposed internal taxes on the colonies, which led to colonial protest, and the meeting of representatives of several colonies in the Stamp Act Congress. Tensions relaxed with the British repeal of the Stamp Act, but flared again with the passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767. The British government deployed troops to Boston in 1768 to quell unrest, leading to the Boston Massacre in 1770. The British government repealed most of the Townshend duties in 1770, but retained the tax on tea in order to symbolically assert Parliament's right to tax the colonies. The burning of the Gaspee i