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The 13 original colonies were founded between 1607 - 1732. By 1732, all 13 colonies were ruled by Britain and its King at the time: King George.
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-Stamp Act of 1765
-Boston Massacre - 1770
-The Boston Tea Party - 1773 The American Revolutionary War begins 2 years later in 1775. -
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
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The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773 in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonist, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "Taxation without Representation," dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
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Eventually the colonists and the British went to war because the protests were not working. The war between the colonies and Great Britain was called the American Revolutionary War.
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A group of colonists came together and wrote the Declaration of
Independence in 1776, and it is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. In that document all 13 American colonies declared independence from the British. They also outlined all their reasons for wanting to be independent. -
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The Constitution of the United States established America’s national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
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