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The Sugar Act, which taxed sugar and coffee, was passed.
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A tax on paper products was passed
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Five people were killed by British soldiers.
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Protest on a tax on tea.
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The Colonists and British broke out into war.
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The Second Contintential Congress met and voted to declare independence from Britian.
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Amercian troops defeated the British.
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The British surrender at Yorktown
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The Constitution offically became the supreme law of the land