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Only English ships would be allowed to bring goods into England, and the Americans could export tobacco to England.
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Signing the Treaty of Paris ending the war, Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States of America
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Taxed items such as newspapers and pamphlets and the colonists started the phrase “no taxation without representation”. They protested since they had no representatives in parliament.
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British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them with stones and snowballs. 5 protesters were killed.
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A handful of colonists hurled British tea into the harbor to protest the taxes on tea.
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British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
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Preventative from each state discussed how to respond to Britain’s harsh movements against Massachusetts.
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Were to punish The colonists of Massachusetts for their actions of the Boston tea party.
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Colonists and the British exploded into war. The first shots of the American revolution.
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A meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War.
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On July 4, 1776 American leaders signed the Declaration of Independence, forming the United States of America.
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The Americans triumphed over the British in battle which led the persuasion of France to help America.
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While in terrible conditions the army was transformed a battered Continental Army into a unified, world-class fighting force capable of beating the British.
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With the help of the French fleet George Washington force the surrender of the British army with that the defeat, the British war effort crumbled.
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“We The People” – The government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.
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Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it.
