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American revolution
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1765
March 22nd 1765
British Parliament passes the stamp act imposing a tax on all things made of paper American colonists resist these taxes and it is repealed soon after by Lord North Prime minister of Great Britain -
1774
In 1774 British parliament passes the Intolerable Acts in the colonies as punishment for the tea taxes riots in the colony of Massachusetts -
1776 July 4
The Continental congress official severs all relations between the colonies and the Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Hanover and Ireland declaring the United States of America -
December 26 1776
Battle of Trenton on this day the battle of Trenton was a major morale victory for the American colonies
And brought a victory for the colonies as it proved they could beat Great Britain -
1777
The British capture Philadelphia On September 26 troops under British general Howe capture the city of Philadelphia the capital of the United States at this point after the battles of brandywine and Germantown the losses following this made the British more powerful and As a consequence caused Saratoga to be a British defeat -
1781
The battle of Yorktown begins and ends British general Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington and Admiral Roshambo Of France Basically ending the American revolution -
1783
The Treaty of Paris Signed Between the victorious United States and her allies of France Spain and The Dutch Republic and The Kingdom of Great Britain and The Kingdom of Ireland handing over the territory of the 13 colonies and territories west of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers -
1787
Constitutional Convention
The United States held there first constitutional convention to revise the constitution that was first used the articles of confederation