The American Revolution

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  • Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act of 1764, was passed by the British Parliament in a effort to increase funds

  • Boston Tea Party

    colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbour.

  • Paine's "Common Sense" published

  • The Beginning of the American Revolutuin

    The Declaration of Independence was signed.

  • Flag Resolution

  • The United States and France sign the French Alliance

    The treaty provided a defensive alliance to aid France if England would attack them, and that neither France nor the United States would make peace with England until the independence of the United States was recognized.

  • Spain declares war on Great Britain

  • British and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace

  • Congress ratifies preliminary peace treaty

  • U.S. Constitution signed