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Sugar Act
An act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Stamp Act
An act that regulated stamp duty. -
Boston Massacre
resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed many people. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest in Boston Massachusetts. -
The Battle of Lexington
This became known as the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
Government duty to protect the people's natural rights. -
Battle of Saratoga
American troops defeated the British during this battle. -
British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, -
Constitutional Convention
Took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Ratification of the US Constitution
It took 10 months for the first nine states to approve the Constitution.
