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The Stamp Act Congress issued a "Declaration of Rights and Grievances," and that was because the British government issued several taxes in order to pay for the war efforts from the Seven Year's War.
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British soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists. The British soldiers shot and killed five men while multiple rocks, dirt, and even bricks were being thrown at them.
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the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts, with the intent to suppress unrest in colonial Boston by closing the port and placing it under martial law.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2,1776. And was created on July 4, !776. It was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The reason it was created was because it summarized the colonists motivations for seeking independence. By declaring themselves an independent nation.
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On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General
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A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris. It ended the war and formally granting the United States independence from Great Britain.
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There was now a new form of national government that was split into three different branches.The legislative, executive and judicial branches.
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The Bill of Rights was written on December !5, 1791 which consisted of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution and outlined many of the personal rights state constitutions already guaranteed.
