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  Tax on sugar and coffee.
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  Taxed on any paper product.
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  British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them with snowballs. 5 people died.
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  Protest of the tax on tea.
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  Tension between the colonist and British.
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  The second continental congress met and voted to declare independence from Britain.
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  American troops defeated the British at the battle of Saratoga.
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  British surrender.
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  Constitution was ratified