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After the French and Indian War, the British Ministry started levying new taxes on the colonies. The colonists were not amused.
After the failure of the Stamp Act, Parliament passed a new series of taxes known as the Townshend Acts. The colonists were not amused.
The Boston Tea Party led Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts in 1774. The colonists were really super not amused.
After the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, war between Britain and the colonies broke out. George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief and laid siege to Boston.
The American colonies declared independence in July 1776. Then their armies got chased around New York.
With the revolution on the line, George Washginton led his army to victory at Trenton. Unfortunately he would be unable to stop the British from taking Philadelphia in 1777.
After Saratoga the French joined the war, the British changed strategies and Washington's army spent a miserable winter at Valley Forge.