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Treaty of Paris ends French & Indian War
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Proclamation of 1763
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Stamp Act
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Quartering Act
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Townshend Acts
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts passed
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First Continental Congress meets
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Fighting at Lexington & Concord
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American Revolutionary War
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Second Continental Congress meets
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Common Sense published
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Richard Henry Lee proposes independence
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Declaration of Independence adopted
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2nd CC finishes writing Articles of Confederation
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Articles of Confederation ratified
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A of C Congress of the Confederation meets
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Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Constitutional Convention meets
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Northwest Ordinance
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The Federalist Papers published in newspapers
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9th state (NH) ratifies U.S. Constitution
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13th state (RI) ratifies Constitution
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Bill of Rights (first ten amendments) ratified