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The British win the war after 9 years, but the conflict left them broke
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tax on all printed materials (organized protests broke out in the colonies and led to the Declaration of Rights and Grievances) -
he Sons of Liberty were a secret society of American colonists who formed in 1765 to oppose British rule and taxation without representation. -
British soldiers hot 5 protesters (Britain repeals most taxes) -
Men dumped East India tea into Boston in response -
a document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III in July 1775, in a final attempt to avoid war with Great Britain -
the British officially won but at a large cost in casualties and in boosting colonial morale.
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This influential work argued for American independence from British rule and played a significant role in shaping public opinion -
a decisive British victory in the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a significant defeat for the Continental Army.
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a series of treaties signed in Paris, France -
an agreement during the constitutional Convention where enslaved people were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of both representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation -
New Hampshire became the ninth state to approve it. This event marked the official adoption of the Constitution as the framework for the U.S. -
A joint House and Senate Conference Committee settled remaining disagreements in September