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The Sugar Act of 1764 was introduced by British Prime Minister George Grenville in an attempt to raise funds from the minimally taxed American colonists to provide for their defense and to use strict penalties to end the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses.
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The stamp act was a law passed by the British parliament in 1765 the required of printed materials in the American colonies, to be produced on a stamped paper produced in London. it was passed to raise revenue for British government, and to pay for troops, stationed in colonies after the French and Indian war
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The intolerable acts were a series of laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 to punish the American colonist for the Boston tea party this took place in Great Britain
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The Declaration of Independence was a document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain this was written by Thomas Jefferson in inside the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall
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New York | Sep 19 - Oct 7, 1777. The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war.
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The battle of Yorktown was a major battle fought on September 28 to October 19 in Yorktown, Virginia United States the battle was fought between American and French forces commanded by General George Washington, British forces commanded by General lord Cornwallis
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The treaty of Paris was a peace treaty signed on September 3, 1783 in Paris France that ended the American revolutionary war. The treaty recognize the independence of the United States and establish the boundaries between the new nation and British north America.
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Articles of confederation were the first constitution of the United States drafted by the second continental Congress in 1777 and ratified by all 13 states in 1781 articles established a weak central government, and most of the power to the individual states the articles were eventually replaced by the United States constitution in 1789