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sugar act
taxing sugar and coffee. -
Stamp Act
taxed any paper product -
Boston Massacre
5 people died -
Boston Tea Party
protest a tax on tea -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
colonist and British finally erupted into war -
Declaration of Independence
declare independence from Britain -
Battle of Saratoga
American troops defeated the British -
British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.
British signed the Treaty of Paris that ended the war. -
Constitutional Convention
the Articles of Confederation