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British government passed a tax law called the Stamp Act.
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New taxes on other goods were passed so that Britain could collect more money from the colonists.
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A group of colonists showed their displeasure by throwing hundreds of chests of tea from a British ship into the Boston Harbor.
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Colonial leaders met in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, in a gathering they called the First Continental Congress.
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700 British soldiers marched into Lexington,Massachusetts.
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Leaders met again for the Second Continental Congress.
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The Congress decided the colonies should become free and independent states.
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We the People
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John Adams starts his trip to France as a young boy.
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American and British leaders signed an agreement called the Treaty of Paris.
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Leaders met again in Philadelphia in what is known to day as the Constitutional Convention.
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Leaders signed the United States Constitution.
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The first ten amendments added to the Constitution in 1791 became known as the Bill of Rights.
