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American Revolution

  • The Albany Congress

    They tried to form a colonial alliance to fight the French
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    American Revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • The Sugar Act

  • The Declaratory Act

  • The Stamp Act

  • The Boston Massacre

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech

  • The second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

  • Congress adopts Declaration of Independence

  • Burgoyne surrenders to American General Gates at Saratoga, NY

  • The United States and France sign the French Alliance

  • Spain declares war on Great Britain

  • Articles of Confederation adopted

  • U.S. Constitution signed