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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonists to pay tax with it being represented by a stamp on a multitude of forms including papers, documents and even playing cards. -
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The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British parliament which were meant to punish the Massachusetts Colonists for their act in the Boston Tea Party Protest -
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The tension that had accumulated between residents of the 13 American colonies and British authorities had kicked off the Revolutionary War -
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The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the first recorded statement by the nations people with them asserting their right to choose their own government -
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The Battle of Bennington
The Battle of Bennington was very establishing that the Americans can hold their own against regular European troops and it caused major casualties to Burgoyne's army that couldn’t be replaced -
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Battle of Yorktown
George Washington who was commanding a force of 17,000 of both French and Continental troops began a siege known as The Battle of Yorktown which was against the British General known as Lord Charles Cornwallis and his contingent of 9,000 British Troops -
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Treaty Of Paris
A treaty was made between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain and was signed which therefore granted the United States independence from Great Britain -
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The United States Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was meant to address the issues of the weakness of the Central Government