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1764- The sugar act
Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, -
1765 - Stamp Act
No taxation without representation -
1776 - Declaration of Independence
God made all men equal -
1787- The article of confederation
The constitutional convention assembled -
1781 - The battle of Yorktown
British troops surrendered -
1783- Treaty of Paris
ending the war of the revolution -
1790- Naturalization act
It limited access to U.S. citizenship to white immigrants