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The last colonial war fought between Great Britain and its two enemies, the French and the Indians of North America.
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The act that put a tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine.
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The Stamp Act of 1765 required that every piece of paper sold in the colonies—from pamphlets to playing cards—have a revenue stamp on it.
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British troops shot five Boston colonist.
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This act made it where American colonist could only buy tea from one company that raised the price of tea. This led to the colonists rebelling which led to the Boston Tea Party
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The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American Colonists against the British government. They staged the protest by boarding three trade ships in Boston Harbor disguised as Mohawk Indians and throwing the ships' cargo of tea overboard into the ocean. They threw 342 chests of tea into the water but the British knew who did it.
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The Revolutionary War starts and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to warn the colonists that the "British are coming".
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The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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South Carolina battle that only lasted 65 minutes and was led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier.
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Document detailing form of government taken after the Revolutionary War.
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This was the last battle in the Carolinas and it was led by General Nathaniel Greene. The American colonists compeletly broke the British from the South with this last battle in Eutaw Springs.
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South Carolina battle led by Daniel Morgan and won by the American colonists.
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Document detailing our form of government. Ratified by a majority of states and declared in effect in 1787.
