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The Sugar Act
Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which taxed sugar and coffee. -
The Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Boston Massacre
Boston soldiers opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them with snowballs and rocks. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonist hurled a large cargo of British tea into the harbor, because of taxation. -
The American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy. -
The Declaration of indendance
Second Continental Congress voted to declare independance from Britain -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British during the Revolutionary War. -
British Surrender at Yorktown
The British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. They expected help from British ships sent from New York. The British ships never arrived. -
Constitutional Convention
The Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. -
Ratification of the US Constitution
The U.S. Constitution was adopted and signed in September 1787, but signing wasn't enough. It had to be ratified by nine of the 13 states before it became binding.
