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Sugar Act
King George put a tax on sugar, this angered the colonists -
Stamp Act
Any docuent had to have a stamp to make it offical cost the colonists large amonts of money -
Patrick Henry's "If This Be Treason" speech
"Give me librety or give me death" this speech rallied up the colonists and was a call to action -
Townshend Acts
Place a tax on tea takeing away even more of the coloinsts power and money -
The Boston Massacre
A riot turned into a shuting probably acedental but through propaganda further pushed the coloinst to act against Great Brition -
The Boston Tea Party
This was the first act against the British. Colonist dressed as American Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor -
The First Continental Congress
A meeting were delagates decided twhat to do in order to separatre from Great Brition -
The Second Continental Congress
Delagates traveled to write the Declaration of Independance -
The Signing of the Declaration of Independance
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The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation
This document gave the United States the ability to rule its self.
