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Stamp Act
Parliment in Great Britain implemented a new tax on newspaper and legal and commercial documents. -
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Constitution Annotated Timeline
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Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts against the tea act. -
Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes
Paul rever rode to let Samuel Adams and John Handcock that british soldiers were on their way to arrest them. -
Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord. The shot round the World"
Shots that were fired in Lexington, Massachusetts. It is referred as the opening to the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
Announced that the thirteen clonies will be independent sovereeign states no longer under the rule of Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution in the thirteen colonies. The article preserved the independence and soverignty of the states. -
General Cornwalls surrenders at Yorktown.
The last known land battle in the American Revolution. Cornwalls surrendered to the American and French force in Yorktown, Virginia. -
United States Constitution adopted
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Bill of Rights adopted
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The ten amendents confirmed the fundemental rights of the American citizens.