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Sugar Act
Taxed sugar and coffee -
Stamp Act
Taxed paper items -
Boston Massacre
Five people died -
Boston Tea Party
Protested a tax on tea -
The Battle Lexington and Concord
The British and Colonists fight -
Declaration of Independence
Declared independence from Britain -
Battle of Saratoga
American troops defeat the British -
British Surrender at Yorktown
The British surrender at Yorktown -
Ratification of U.S. Constitution
supreme law