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Lowered tax on foreign molasses, but upped enforcement of tax in hopes colonists would stop smuggling the molasses and actually pay the tax.
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Parliament imposes tax on printed materials used in colonies. Causes protests in many colonies.
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Colonies must provide housing and food to British troops. Again, this is resisted by the colonies.
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British soldiers shoot and kill people rioting.
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Battle between British regulators and North Carolina Militia. Some say this was the battle to begin the revolution.
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Parliament passes act to undercut price of smuggled tea in an attempt to get colonists to buy “their” tea instead.
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Sons of Liberty destroy shipment of tea from the East India Company because the Tea Act was believed to infract on their right to no taxation without representation.
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Laws put in place to punish colonists after the boston tea party. Brought about outrage in the colonies.
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petition sent to King George III demanding the repeal of the Intolerable Acts
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First official battle of the Revolutionary War. American victory.
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Congress establishes the first continental army. Later to be called the United States Army.
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The first constitution of the United States. Siege of Charleston, April 8, 1780- British troops siege Charleston, SC. George Washington sends reinforcements but the city is lost on May 12. Considered to be the worst American defeat of the revolutionary war.
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Articles of confederation ratified
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American and French troops siege Yorktown, Virginia and claim an overwhelming victory over the British. General Cornwallis surrenders there, leading to the British government to end the war.
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Treaty signed in Paris by representatives of Britain and the United States of America. This treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
