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Sugar act passed
The Sugar Act enforced taxes on sugar, coffee, indigo, and wine. One of the many oncoming acts passed without any consideration about whether the colonists wanted it or not. -
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Leading up to the constitution
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Stamp act passed
This next act made it so almost any sort of document, even things like playing cards, had to have some sort of stamp or british marking, which costed money. Aggression started appearing in the colonies. -
Townshend acts passed
Even more taxes were pushed onto tea, glass, lead, paper and paint. This causes rioting and revolt, which pulls the taxes away from all aforementioned items, exluding tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The "Sons of Liberty" Disguise themselves as Native Americans, board three British ships, and dump all the tea onboard into the harbor. -
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Intolerable acts
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First Continental Congress Meeting
56 Delagates from 12 colonies all meet in Carpenters Hall in Pilidelphia. For one of the first times, everyone is working together as opposed to acting as seperate colonies, and decide that Britain can't rule over the colonies like they'd been. -
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Revolutionary War
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Declaration of Independance adopted
The Declaration of Independance is adopted and taken to the printer of the Congress. Though it would be about a month until it's actually signed. -
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Philadelphia Campaign
The British invade Philidelphia, the largest city in the area, seat of the Congress, and many Loyalists resided there. -
Articles of the Confederation ratified
Arguments between Maryland and Virginia actually caused this to be delayed for over a year, before finally being agreed on -
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Shay's Rebellion
Massachusettes farmers rioted and rebelled against the government in Boston, forcing courts to shut down. Things only got worse once taken control of by Daniel Shays -
Sighing of the constitution
The Constitution is signed, in a way being an improvement to the Articles of the Confederation, and was not fully taken into effect until it was ratified a few months later.
