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The Stamp Act King George III Unliked in America with every new tax levied. “No taxation with out representation!” was a consistent battle cry for many American politicians -
New British Prime Minister that was willing to carry out George’s policies and Issued the The Coercive Acts, known by the colonists as the “Intolerable Acts”
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2nd Continental Congress adopts the
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The Battle of Yorktown
The Americans and French trap General Cornwallis’s army at Yorktown, Virginia -
The treaty of Paris Ended the American Revolution
Benjamin Franklin was chief negotiator
Territory much larger than thirteen colonies was also acquired -
Articles of confederation Set up a central government with a 1 house legislature. Each state had one vote.
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End of the articles of confederation and beginning of the us constitution
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Start of the USA civil war