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Stamp Act Passed
1st direct British tax on colonists -
Intolerable Acts
Four measures which stripped Massachusetts of self-government and judicial independence following the Boston Tea Party. The colonies responded with a general boycott of British goods. -
Declaration of Independance
Declaring independece from Great Britain -
Surrender of Britian
Surrender of British forces under Cornwallis at Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris, formally ending the Revolutionary War -
Adoption of the American Constitution
Adoption of the American Constitution