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The Stamp act was an act that put a tax on paper and documents, and also newspaper which led colonials to rebel.
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In 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts. The acts were meant to punish people for the Boston tea party.
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The Declaration of Independence was written so the colonists could motivate the British to giving them independence.
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George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown
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The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution
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In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin arriving to write a new Constitution for the United States.
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The people begin to seize arms for the defense of Paris. The French Revolution begins with the Storming of the Bastille
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The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 is a United States federal law that provided that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States. It took affect in 1808.
