March 5, 1770—
the boston massacre occurs when british soldiers kill several colonists.

december 16, 1773—
protesting the tea act, colonists dump tea into the boston harbor. this incident is known as the boston tea party.

september, 1774—
representative from all of the colonies except georgia meet at the continental congress in philadelphia to discuss problems with great britain.

april 19, 1775—
the battles of lexington and concord are the first armed conflicts of the revolutionary war.

july 4, 1776—
the declaration of independence is signed.

october 7, 1777—
the americans defeat the british at the battle of saratoga. this is a turning point in the war.

october 19, 1781—
general cornwallis surrenders to the americans after the battle of yorktown.

september 3, 1783—
the british and the americans sign the treaty of paris in which the british recognize american independence.

according to the timeline, which of these events preceded the boston tea party?

a. the battles of lexington and concord
b. the continental congress
c. the boston massacre
d. the signing of the declaration of independence

by creating a labor shortage that pushed the continent toward a market economy

d. hip hop

it was originated in the 70s while the harlem renaissance occured in the 1920s

the vast majority of ballots have been counted nearly two weeks after one of the biggest political upsets in modern u.s. history catapulted donald trump to the presidency.

estimates show more than 58 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the 2016 election, nearly breaking even with the turnout rate set during the last presidential election in 2012, even as the final tallies in states like california continue to be calculated, according to statistics collected by the u.s. elections project.

but among those figures were stark contrasts in key states that swing the election to trump — in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, michigan and elsewhere — indicating the president-elect’s leap from long-shot candidate to the most powerful political position in the world may have happened in part because of apathy toward hillary clinton’s candidacy, especially among the democratic base, several political scientists and organizations monitoring voter turnout told the pbs newshour.

while clinton is leading the popular vote by more than 1.5 million over trump as of sunday, she trails president obama’s 2012 totals by more than 2 million ballots — a chasm that may have cost her the election, said david becker, co-founder of the center for election and innovation and research.

“several million voters didn’t come out to vote,” becker said. “which is telling me that this idea of the trump wave, a huge number of voters shifting over to trump, is certainly not the story.”