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A group of British soldiers fire into a mob of Americans and kill 5 men leading to large amounts of protests
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A group of Colonies dress as Mohawk Indians and board three British ships where they dump 300 crates of tea into the ocean to show their defiance to the British Tea Tax.
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The First Continental Congress holds a meeting with 56 delegates in Philadelphia representing all the colonies besides Georgia.
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Great Britain and the 13 colonies begin to fight the Revolutionary War. The first battles of Lexington, Concord, and Massachusetts date the beginning of the war.
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The Continental Congress in Philadelphia creates the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia claiming Independence from Great Britain.
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The Continental Army spends the cold winter and next spring in the Vally Forge of Pennsylvania
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The British General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown Virginia.
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Great Britain formally recognized American Independence by signing the Treaty of Paris.
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George Washing is unanimously voted the first president of the United States of America.