~American Revolution~

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    American Revolution

  • Parliament imposed the Stamp Act on the colonies.

    Parliament imposed the Stamp Act on the colonies.
    Parliament imposed the Stamp Act on the colonies.
  • Stamp Act was repealed

    Stamp Act was repealed
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
  • Battles between the colonists and the British army.

    Battles between the colonists and the British army.
  • The Declaration of Independence was born.

    The Declaration of Independence was born.
  • Siege of Yorktown

    General Cornwallis was forced to surrender to the American and French forces under Washington at Yorktown in 1781.
  • Treaty of Paris was created.

  • Constitutional Convention

    In 1787 delegates met in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation.