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Created and passes by the Stamp Act Congress. That taxes among the colonists was declared unconstitutional
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An action by Boston colonists against the British Government. It was about high taxation on goods, specifically: tea.
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A gathering of delegates from all the colonies. This was a way to settle all disputes within the colonies and with Great Britain.
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Also known as the American War of Independence. It was a war which was the British government against the thirteen colonies
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It was a meeting that question how would the colonists be able to take on the British Army. And it was agreed that a continental army would be created. It made George Wahington the supreme commander of the army
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A document that was written and adopted by the continental congress. It stated its independence from Great Britain.
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It established the United States of America as soverign states. It was the first "constitution"
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The surrender at York town is when King George loses control of parliament. Then peace was agreed elsewhere
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On September 17, 1787, the final draft of the Constitution was signed by 39 delegates. The document was then sent to the states for ratification, and went into effect on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution.
