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The Stamp Act
The people had to begin paying taxes on stamps making documents legal. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists Protested tax on tea by dumping supply in the ocean. -
Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes
Both men set out to see if the British were invading American soil -
Lexington and Concord "The shot heard round the world"
The first battle of the American Revolution -
Declaration of Independence
Document stating our freedoms and rights as a nation -
Articles of Confederation
Outlined powers of the government and the states -
General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
American and the French worked together to overrun the British and force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown. -
Constitution Adopted
Established the country's government and independent laws -
Bill of Rights Adopted
First 10 amendments in the Constitution that outlines the rights of our individual freedoms as citizens