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Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American Colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of paper they used -
Boston Tea Party
American patriots were angered by the tea acts so they disguised as Indians dumped tea into the Boston harbor -
First Continental Congress convenes
Called by the Committees of Correspondence in response to the Intolerable Acts, the first Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. -
Declaration of Independence
Was written by Thomas Jefferson and revised in committee. On 7/2/1776 congress voted for independence -
Independence
France recognizes United States Independence -
Articles of Confederation ratified
a plan of government organization that served as a bridge between the initial government by the congress and government; ratified on March 1st, 1871 -
Treaty of Paris ends war
Britain recognized the independence of the United States with boundaries -
Constitutional Convention
Adoption of the American constitution
