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English imposed a tax on anything that was pertaining to paper. Colonists didn't really like that.
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British impose new taxes on tea and other goods. Colonists refuse to pay or buy anything made in England.
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Fighting finally erupts in Concord and Lexington.
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George Washington is appointed general of the American Army.
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Americans drive British from Breed's Hill
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Congress passes the Bill of Independence officially succeeding from Britain.
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Red Coats take over New York
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George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Isreal Putman hold their ground at Harlem Heights.
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Americans and French sign the "French Alliance"
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Cornwallis is surrounded by French and American forces at Yorktown, VA.
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The British and Americans sign the Treaty of Paris ending the war.
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The U.S. Constituion is signed. America is born.
