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Representatives from 9 of 13 colonies met at the Virginia House of Burgesses to protest Great Britain taxing them without consent and to declare stamp act unconstitutional.
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5 civilians killed by British soldiers in Boston which led to further unrest against Great Britain.
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Delegates from the 13 colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to organize opposition to the Intolerable acts.
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George Washington was appointed Commander in chief of the Continental Army.
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13 colonies declared independence from Great Britain and asserted the right to form its own government.
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British forces under General Cornwallis, surrendered, ending British control over the colonies.
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The Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolution.
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Representatives of the United States met to decide how the country would be governed resulting in the creation of the U.S Constitution.
