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The Sugar Act's focus was to stop colonial merchants from taking non-Britich goods in order to avoid taxes imposed by Parliment.
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Passedon this date to pay for the British troops on the American frontier. Colonists protested violently the first tax on the American colonies.
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Stamp Act is repealed.
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Taxes were going up. The result was the ressurection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act.
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British troops shot 5 American colonists.Therefore the American colonists did not trust the British troops.
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Colonists rebelled against British taxation and dumped 342 chests of tea intothe Boston Harbor.
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Two groups of people from all over the 13 Colonies came together in Philadelphia to discuss liberty.
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In what is now Cumberland County, NJ 40 Patriots dressed like Native Americans burned a load of tea headed for Philadelphia the next day.
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Patrick Henry said"Give me liberty or give me death",saying that he wanted freedom more than his life!He was risking his life for other people.This speech was given at St. Henrico Parish Church in Richmond.
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During the battles the British sent soldiers to capture the ammunition and guns that the colonists were stockpiling. A shot was fired so the colonists started firing at the British..
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British troops are forced to evacuate New England after cannons are put in place in Boston.
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Declaration of independence is a scroll that said the 13 colonies should have freedom. IN order to make it official, the congress had to sign it. That signing happened on this date.
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Rain spoils Major General William Howe's second attach on General George Washington's army.
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Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River, taking all the available boats for miles so the British had no way to follow Washington's troops, forcing them to stay the night in Trenton where Washington attacked them the following day.
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Washington crosses the Delaware River and captures the Hessians at Trenton, NJ.
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The Americans find and capture Burgoyne and his army at Saratoga, NY.
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A harsh winter at Valley Forge, PA with the soldiers short on food, things to wear and other helpful supplies begins on this date. The soldiers left Valley Forge on June 19, 1778.
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France signs an alliance with the US agreeing to help the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
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the siege of yorktown or battle of yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by combined assault of american forces led by genral forces George Washingtonand French forces led by Genral Comte de Rochambeu over a british army commanded Genral Lord corwallis.
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The American and French armies trap Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, VA, The British army surrenders.
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Ended the American REvolutionary War between Great Britan and the United States.
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The Constitutional Convention ends after having passed the national constitution that needed ratification from 3/4 of the states.
