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The Revolutionary War
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The Stamp Act
Parliament imposed the Stamp Act on the colonies. The act required certain printed materials, such as legal documents and newspapers, to carry a stamp showing that a tax had been paid to Britain. -
Ending the Immediate Crisis
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First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia. -
The First Step
Members urged colonists to take up arms and organize militias. -
Fighting Started
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. Meeting soon afterward, the Second Continental Congress set up an army, called the Continental Army. -
Sparked The Great War
The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson -
Thanks to the French
After a British defeat, the French granted diplomatic recognition to the new United States. When Spain and the Dutch Republic entered the war, the British faced war with the Europeans as well as the Americans -
Cornwallis Is Finished
General Cornwallis was forced to surrender to the American and French forces under Washington at Yorktown. -
American Colonies
1783 the Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the American colonies. Also, granted the Americans control of the western territory from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River. -
A New Start
Delegates meet in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation. The delegates decided to planed an entirely new government.
