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Passed by the British parliament, the sugar act placed taxes on sugar and non British imports in America. The sugar act was passed because they needed to support Britain’s mercantilist policy.
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The stamp was a tax on commercial documents, newspaper and playing cards in America. This act was forced by King George lll because of the protests of “No taxation without representation”.
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The Continental Congress was the legislative body by which the American colonial governments organized their opposition to British control. The first continental congress was hosted in Philadelphia with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia. The objective of the First Continental Congress was to organize colonial resistance.
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The battle of bunker hill was a early battle between the British and Americans. It took place place in it was Charleston, Massachusetts. It was a very bloody battle wounding both sides a lot. The British ending up winning.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed by the people of the second constitutional congress in Philadelphia. The Declaration of Independence was a documentary that established the United States as a nation became of there war with Britain.
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This was the final battle of the revolutionary war between the British and the Americans, and it took place in Yorktown Virginia. The French trapped the British by sea and the Americans trapped the British by land result a very well conducted trap.
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This Treaty of Paris was signed By King George III in Paris and marked the end of the American Revolution. The Americans obtained more territory from this treaty and it officially ended the revolutionary war.
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Developed by the second constitutional congress, the articles of confederation was a failed attempt at a creation of a government. The articles of confederation started in 1781 and was done in 1787. They learned from this mistake and later established the U.S constitution.
