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1707
The United Kingdom of great British came to exist when the government Eengland and Scotland united -
1765 the stamp act
King George III became more unpopular in American with very new tax levied -
1774
The first continental congress in Philadelphia in September 1774 members urged colonists to take up arms and organize militias -
1775
Fighting finally erupted between colonists and British army in April 1775 in Lexington and concord Massaachusetts meeting soon afterward the second continental congress set up a army -
1776
The second continental congress approved the Declaration of Independence thomas Jefferson wrote the -
1781
And French forces under Washington at Yorktown in 1781 the British decided to end the war -
1783
Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the American colonies -
1787
Delegates in Philadelphia at the constitutional convention to revivse the articles of confederation