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The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament
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The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
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Boston Tea Party, an incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians
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In 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts, with the intent to suppress unrest in colonial Boston by closing the port and placing it under martial law
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The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
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In 1781 George Washington led the battle of Yorkstown, which turned out to be the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
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British and American negotiators in Paris signed preliminary peace terms in Paris late that November, and on September 3, 1783
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The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787