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The Sugar Act taxed sugar and coffee.
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Parliament passed the Stamp Act which taxed any paper product
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British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them with snow balls.
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Some colonists hurled a cargo of British tea into the harbor to protest a tax on tea.
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Britain erupted into war at The Battle of Lexington and Concord.
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Second Continental Congress met and voted to declare independence from Britain.
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When American troops defeated the British at the Battle of Sara toga.
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The french fleet had a blockade set up causing Washington to force a British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.
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The Article of Confederation was our first constitution but was too weak to rule the states, they met in the Constitutional Convention to redraft the articles.
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Constitution was ratified, became the supreme law of the land with a unanimous vote.
