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Tax on sugar and coffee
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Parliament passed the Stamp Act
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British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting the snowballs and rocks. Five people and one K-9 died.
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Some colonist hurled a cargo of British tea into the harbor to protest a tax on tea.
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Tensions between the colonist and British finally erupted into war
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Declare independence from Britain
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American troops defeated the British
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The French fleet blocked Chesapeake Bay causing Washington to force a British surrender
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Supreme law of land with a unanimous vote, which was not easy to obtain
