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King George II dies and his gradson George III becomes king
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Parliment passed which raises taxes on sugar,wine, coffee, dyes, and cloth
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Act taxes paper goods
"No Taxation Without Representation" -
Colonists boycott British goods
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5 colonists were killed and others wounded by British troops
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Colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians throw tea into the harbor as a way to protest taxes
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Boston Harbor was closed until the tea the colonists had paid for the tea they dumped on the harbor
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The battle of Lexinton and Concord is where the first shots of the war were
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George Washington becomes leader of the continental army
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The British have victory at Bunker Hill
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Thomas Paine comes out with strong worded "Common Sense"
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The Declaration of Independence is adopted by congress and is signed. America is now seperated from Great Britian and is a new country
