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This Act was passed to prohibit smuggling sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies. It also raised taxes on goods like sugar, certain wines, and coffee.
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This act was passed to help lower the cost of keeping troops in America they imposed taxes on printed goods such as stamps.
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The British parliament passes the intolerable acts with the intent to suppress unrest in colonial Boston by closing the port and placing it under martial law.
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This act was passed in 1774 this act closed ports in Boston until the people paid back the money they lost to the Boston tea party that happened in 1773
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On July 4th 1776 the continental congress adopted the Declaration of Independence and the 13 American colonies severed their connections with Great Britain so that they could seek their independence
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On September 28th 1781 general George Washington and 17,000 French and continental troops set out to begin the battle of Yorktown
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The British and Americans signed preliminary peace terms in Paris in late November
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The constitution of the United States established America’s national government and fundamental laws and guarantees certain basic rights for its citizens
