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Stamp Act
Britain passes the Stamp Act, imposing a tax on legal documents, newspapers, even playing cards. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor -
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence, a document written by the US Continental Congress declaring their independence against Great Britain -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis -
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris -
The US Constitution
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.