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  Parliament passes an act that taxes sugar and coffee.
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  Parliament taxes any paper product
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  5 citizens are killed by British soldiers.
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  Colonists throw British tea into harbor.
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  The Colonist and British finally fought
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  The US declares Independence from Britain.
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  American troops defeated the British at the Battle of Saratoga.
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  British Surrender at Yorktown
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  The supreme law of the land becomes ratified