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Sugar Act
Taxing sugar and coffee -
Stamp Act
Taxed any paper product -
Boston Massacre
5 people died -
Boston Tea Party
Protest a tax on tea -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Colonist and British finally erupted into war -
Declaration of Independence
Declare independence from Britain -
Battle of Saratoga
American troops defeated the British at the Battle of Saratoga -
British Surrender at Yorktown
The British surrender -
Ratification of US Constitution
Was ratified, and it became the supreme law of the land