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Britian and American soldiers allies fought a war against the French and the Indians.
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The British and Americans won the war, and in 1763, France gave up most of its territory in North America to England.
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The Sugar Act put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation of rum and French wines.
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The Stamp Act required colonists to buy stamps to put on all kinds of products, like newspaper.
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In March 1765, the British Parliament announced a stamp tax. Beginning that November, American colonists would be charged taxes on a variety of printed items, including newspapers, wills, and playing cards.
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In 1770, a fight broke out between a mob of Americans and British soldiers.
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In 1773, a group of Massachusetts patriots, protesting the monopoly on tea importation, seized 342 chests of tea and threw them into Boston harbor.
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In 1774, colonists from the differnent colonies called together a congress to meet and discuss how they should respond to Britian.
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The Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts was a series of Acts passed by the British Parliament, many colonists saw this as a violation to their rights.
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British soldiers marched on the town of Lexington. Massachusets to capture some hidden guns.After fighting broke out, the British troops continued to concord, but minutemen fired at them from behind rocks and tree. By the end of the day, minutemen had killed 273 British soldiers.
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George Washington was given control of the American army the day before the Battle at Bunker Hill.
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Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.
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The Decalration of Independence was signed in Aug 2,
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Washington and their French moved their armies into Virginia and attacked General Cornwallis' troops at Yorktown. With his army surrounded, Cornwallis surrender in Oct, 1781
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Treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War on September 3, 1783. It was signed in Paris by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay.
