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George III becomes King
King George the Third starts ruling England -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required citizens to pay Taxes on papers, documents, and other things represented by a stamp. -
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The Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City
The Stamp Act Congress meets in NYC. They discussed the rights if the colonists regarding British Taxation -
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Parliament Passes the Townshend Acts
They were a group of taxes on goods, made by the British -
The Boston Massacre
A confrontation where British Soldiers shot hundreds of people -
The Boston Tea Party
A political protest where people through tea into the ocean -
The Coercive Acts
a series of 4 acts passed by the British meant to punish the colonists -
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First Constitutional Congress Meets in Philidelphia
12/13 American colonies met to discuss the future -
The Olive Branch Petition
A petition sent to the king in a last shot at stopping a war -
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Second Constitutional Congress meets in Philadelphia
Colonies plotted the war and later independence -
First shots of the American Revolution
The American Revolution begins -
The adoption of the Declaration of Independance
The colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence -
The adoption of the Articles of Confederation
The colonists adopted the Articles of Confederation, which were documents that stated the independence of the colonists -
Treaty of Paris signed - Official End of American Revolution
The end of the American Revolution and independence of the colonists