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Parliament required the colonies to sell raw materials
1760
Parliament passed the Stamp Act
1765
Colonists fraught and began the First Continental Congress.
1774
Parliament repealed Stamp Act, now passed Intolerable Acts
1774
Britain and colonists went to war in Lexington and Concord Massachusetts.
1775
Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia; they wanted independence
1775
Congress approved the Declaration of Independence
1776
Half of the delegates said the colony must become independent
1776
Founding of the Articles of Confederation; friendship among the states
1777
All of the 13 states ratified the Articles of Confederation
1781
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