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Boston Massacre was a gruesome killing. One of the things that lead up to this was the Quatering Act. But for most people, that winter had never been so cold and miserable. One day, one of the kings soldiers had been looking for work to do, then someone started making fun of him and told him to get a job cleaning toilets. Thats when it started.people started firing bullets and shouting loud. Everyone started yelling, "Fire! Fire!"
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The Boston Tea Party was when the British taxed the tea that was coming to America and America was mad because the British were only taxing the Americans and not Britain. So, Americans dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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revalutionary war begins.
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Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston made the draft for a Declaration of Independence.
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declaration of independencr written and approved by the continental congress
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John Dunlap printed 24 copies of the Declaration of the Independence.
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The Declaration of INdependence was read publiclty for the first time.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed.
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continental congress agrees is replaced by the congress of confederation, which forms the basis of the new us governent
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britain recognizes the independence of the usa
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US Constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, PA
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US Constitution ratified by 9 states and becomes the supreme law of the USA
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George Washington elected first President of the USA The first Congress met (in New York, NY, then the nation's capital)
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First Supreme Court assembled (in New York, NY, then the nation's capital); the Chief Justice was John Jay
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The Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments) added to the Constitution