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The Stamp Act required colonists to pay tax with it being represented by a stamp on a multitude of forms including papers, documents and even playing cards.
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The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British parliament which were meant to punish the Massachusetts Colonists for their act in the Boston Tea Party Protest
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The tension that had accumulated between residents of the 13 American colonies and British authorities had kicked off the Revolutionary War
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The Declaration of Independence was the first recorded statement by the nations people with them asserting their right to choose their own government
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The Battle of Bennington was very establishing that the Americans can hold their own against regular European troops and it caused major casualties to Burgoyne's army that couldn’t be replaced
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George Washington who was commanding a force of 17,000 of both French and Continental troops began a siege known as The Battle of Yorktown which was against the British General known as Lord Charles Cornwallis and his contingent of 9,000 British Troops
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A treaty was made between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain and was signed which therefore granted the United States independence from Great Britain
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The Constitutional Convention was meant to address the issues of the weakness of the Central Government