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Sugar Act
Tax on sugar and coffee -
Stamp Act
Taxed on any paper product -
Boston Massacre
Massacre when only 5 people died -
Boston Tea Party
Party when colonist threw tea into the harbor to protest the tax on tea -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle when the colonist and British finally erupted into war -
Declaration of Independence
The second continental congress met and voted to declare independence from British -
Battle of Saratoga
Battle when the American troops defeated the British -
British surrender at Yorktown
The surrender of the British in Yorktown -
Ratification of U.S Constitution
When the constitution was ratified and it became the supreme law of the land
