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The war in America ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris
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The Brittish Parliment forces colonist to pay taxes with british pounds.
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Founded in Boston the Sons of Liberty fought adamently against the stamp act.
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The Brittish government imposes a tax on all colonial paper products
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A series of acts passed to raise money from the colonies to pay the salaries of colonial officials to remain loyal to the crown
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A threatning group of Boston colonials engage a group of Brittish soldiers in boston resulting in the death of multiple colonist. Te event was sensationalized and fueled the revolusionist flame.
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John Brown and fellow patriots burn a brittish warship
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Brittish governemnt enacts the Tea Act with economic inentions to relieve the East Inida Company of a surplus of tea
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Samuel Adams led a group of patriots on a crusade to dump tea in the Boston Harbour. The men dressed as native americans boarded East India Company ships and liberated the tea.
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In response to colonial upheavel the brittish government passed a series of acts to restrict colonial rights to government. The acts made colonist boycott Brittish goods in response.
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Delegates from all colonies meet to organize their oppisition to the intollerable acts.
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The first battle of the revolutionary war. Paul Revere warned the colnial troops by horse, in a ride that has been transformed into american folklore.
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The Continental Congress elected George Washinton to lead the colonial army.
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The battle at Bunker Hill was the first key battle of the war. The colonial army faired far better than their opponents.
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Paine's Common Sense voiced the concerns of colonist and added to the revolutionary flame.
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Continental Congress publishes the Decleration of Independance
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At the Battle of Sarratoga the a large portion of the British army are forced to surrender to the colonial army.
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The continental congress establishes the Articles of Confederation.
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The brittish army formally surrenders under general cornwallis at yorktown to the french and american armies.
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The treaty of paris brings an end to the fighting in north america.
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Inteded to revise the articles of confederation this historic group of reperesentatives ended up writing a whole new constiution.