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George III Becomes King England
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The Stamp Act
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Stamp Act Congress Meets In New York City
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Parliament Passes the Townshend Acts
A series of British acts of Parliament passed that created taxes and regulations to enable the administration of the British colonies in America -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a violent confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists in Boston -
The Boston Tea Party
Members of the Sons of Liberty dumped chests of tea off British boats into the Boston harbor -
The Coercive Acts [Intolerable Acts]
The Intolerable Acts were laws created by the British to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party -
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First Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia
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First Shots of The American Revolution
The Battle of Lexington and Concord inspired the colonists to fight against the British. -
Second Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia
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The Olive Branch Petition
The Second Continental Congress sent a document to the king as a final attempt to reconcile with Great Britain and avoid war. -
The Adoption Of The Deceleration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document that stated the separation of the original American colonies from Great Britain -
The Adoption of The Articles of Confederation
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British Surrender at Yorktown Virginia
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Treaty Of Paris Signed- Official Ending of the American Revolution
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Mount Vernon Conference
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Shays Rebellion
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Annapolis Convention
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Constitutional Convention