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Parliament passed The Sugar Act. The Sugar Act was a very unfair taxing. Any imports that came in that weren't from the British (like sugar and other things) were taxed.
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Parliament imposed the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act required some printed materials, like legal documents and newspapers, to show that a tax had had been paid to Britain. The Act ended in 1766.
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The Act became law on March 3rd. It was Parliament of Great Britain. It was one of the measures that secure Great Britain's jurisdictions.
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There were a lot of crisis in the 1700's. To help British actions, the colonies wanted and did organize the First Continental Congress. It met in Philadelphia in September of 1774.
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The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson was approved on July 4th of 1776, by the Second Continental Congress. With the document, the American Revolution had begun.
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Cornwalli's army gets trapped in Yorktown, Virginia by the French and Americans. He was forced to surrender.
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They ended the war. The treaty recognized the independence of America. The treaty also granted the Americans control of the western territory.
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At the Constitutional Convention delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. The delegates wanted to plan a completely new government.
