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The Stamp act was used to eliminate certain costs from creating the Colonies. It required that all paper documents and items like dice and playing cards to have a special stamp to be sold.
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Some Colonial assembalies had to pay for supplys to use for British garrisons.
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The Virginian Assembly refused to folow the rules of the Stamp Act.
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Representatives from 9 of the 13 colonies declarded it unconstitutional.
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Representatives from 9 of the 13 colonies declarded it unconstitutional.
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Parliment finalized the repeal of the stap act but declares the right to tax the Colonies.
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Taxes were added to tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint to help pay for the administration of the colonies.
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British troops arrive in Boston.
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The colonists were angered by the presence of the british soldiers and
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The repeal of the Townshend Revenue Act.
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Locals burned the revenue ship Gaspee after it ran aground near Providence, Road Island.
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The Colonies were not allowed to collect tax on tea imports.
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The colonists dumped 10,000 pounds of tea in the Boston Harbor after parliment had closed it.
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4 measures were passed by parliament which stripped Massachusetts of self government. The Colonies responded by boycotting British goods.
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4 measures were passed by parliament which stripped Massachusetts of self government. The Colonies responded by boycotting British goods.
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Colonial delagates meet to organize opposition to the Intolerable Acts.
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Better known as the Shot heard around the world, these were the first battles of the revolutionary war between the Minutemen and the British troops.
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George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress.
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First major battle of the war for independence. British forces dislodged the revolutionary forces but with high casualties.
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Congress asks for the end of the Intolerable Acts in exchange for a ceasefire.
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In a turning point to the war, 5700 British forces surrendered due to lack of supplies.
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France recognizes US Independence
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Also known as the Battle of Chesapeake, this battle ensured victory of the Revolutionary War for the colonists by stopping British ships from landing in the colonies. this battle was fought by the French.
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Traty of Paris was signed, officialy ending the Revolutionary War.
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An uprising in Massachusetts against high taxes. The rebellion had an impact on the development of the Contstitution.
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The constitution was developed and was later adopted later in 1787.
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An uprising in Massachusetts against high taxes. The rebellion had an impact on the development of the Contstitution.