Yorktown

Great Britain 

Founding of 13 colonies began with Virginia and ended with Georgia

Great Britain imposed taxes on Colonies

Effects Of British Legislation

Problems between Colonist and the British Government

British Legislation: Taxation without representation

No representation in British Parliament = No Taxation

Taxation without Representation: Led to Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War on British Legislation

Boston: Famous Landmark of the American Revolution

Tea Act: 1773

American Revolutionary War 1775-1783

Boston Tea Party 1773 - Declaration of Independence in Congress 1776

Battle Of Yorktown

Last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War 

September 28 - October 19, 1781

British Troops surrender: October 19, 1781

Independence was recognized later in the Treaty Of Paris, 1783

1789: US Constitution established

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