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The Sugar Act
Parliament passed an act requiring colonies to pay a tax for sugar. These taxing acts started the controversies that eventually started the American Revolution. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over teh colonies. Great Britain was taxing the colonists in order to pay of it's own massive debt. -
The Quartering Act
This act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers. -
The Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
Colonists protested the new tax on tea by throwing imported tea into the harbors of Boston. -
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First Continental Congress
Representatives from each colony met to show a combined authority to Great Britain. -
Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia
Disputed as one of the first battles of the Revolution. -
The Rides of Paul Revere
Revere rides to warn of the British soldiers approaching. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill. -
The British evacuate Boston
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Declaration of Independence
Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. -
Articles of Confederation adopted
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Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, VA
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British troops leave New York City
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U.S. Constitution is signed
