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The British imposed a law of taxing all newspapers and documents with stamps on it. This lead to the famous battle cry by many politicians “No Taxation without Representation!”
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This is the day the American Revolutionary War began, the first and last foreign war on American soil
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This is the day Washington was put in command of the colonial troops which will later make him the president
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This the document that the colonies sent to the king requesting their freedom and saying that they will fight until they have it
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This battle was the turning point of the war. Colonists defeat Burgoyne’s troops. Also seeing this victory, Spain, Netherlands, and France join on the side of the Americans
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The Americans and French trap general Cornwallis in Yorktown, forcing an enormous surrender and the start of the end of the war
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This ended the American Revolution and got land much larger then the 13 colonies
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This set up a weak central government but a very strong state government