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The French and Indian war was over through a series of victories by Great Britain this ended Fance's military threat in America.
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Great Britain imposed a direct tax on the American Colonies, to pay for the British military involvment in America, which sparked the resistance towards Britain in America.
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The Stamp Act was repealed by the colonists.
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A street fight broke out between a patriot mob throwing stones at a squad of British soldiers in Boston, killing 3 patriots on the spot, wounding 8, and out of those, 2 more died.
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The political protest of the taxes on the imports of tea in the Colonies where the Colonists dumped three shiploads of tea into the Boston harbor, after official refused to send it back.
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Fighting broke out between colonists and the British army in Lexington and Concord Massachusetts. The Continental army was formed shortly after and George Washington served as the Commander in Chief.
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Minutemen and Redcoats clashed at Lexington and Concord.
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The Second Continental Congress approved of the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson.
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A treaty between America and France was signed which said that neither America or France would make peace with England until the United States of America was recognized.
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Spain declares war on Great Britain.
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Diplomatic treaty signed by the Americans and British which recognized the independece of the American colonies and allowed America to expand beyond the Appalachians to the Mississppi river.