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The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act
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USA Timeline
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Parliament passes the Townshed Acts
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Five colonists are killed in the "Boston Masacre"
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Colonists stage the Boston Tea Party
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Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts
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First Continential Congress convenes
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Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
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The American colonies declare Independance
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The colonists' victory at Saratoga marks a turning point in the war
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The British surrender at Yorktown
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Colonists and Britian sign the Treaty of Paris, ending the war