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The first British tax imposed on the American colonies to support Britains mercantilist policy.
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King George III become more unpopular with every new tax levied.
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To counteract British actions, the colonies met organized the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia.
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Fighting erupted between colonists and the a British army in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
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The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson.
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General Cornwallis was forced to surrender to the American and French forces under Washington at Yorktown.
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The Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the American colonies. The treaty also granted the Americans control of the western territory from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River.
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Delegates met in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation.
