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Taxing sugar and coffee
In 1764, Parlement taxed all sugars and coffee -
Stamp act
In 1765, parliment passed the stamp act -
Boston Masacar
In 1770, British soldiers open fire on a crowd that was throwing snow balls with rocks inside them. -
Boston Tea Party
In 1773, some colonist hurled cargo boxes full of tea in to the water. -
American Revolution
in 1775, tension between the colonist and british finnally had war at the battle of lextington. -
Decloration of independence
in 1776 the decloration of independence happend. -
Battle of Saratoga
in 1777, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
In 1781, when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. -
Constitutional Convention
In 1786, at the Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. -
Ratification of the US Constitution
The U.S Constution was adopted and signed in September 1787, but signing wasn't enough. It had to be ratified by nine of the 13 states before it became binding.
