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End of the French and Indian War
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The Stamp Act
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The Quartering Act
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The Townshend Revenue Act
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The Boston Massacre
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The Tea Act
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The Boston Tea Party
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"Intolerable Acts"
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The First Continental Congress
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Battles at Lexington and Concord
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The Second Continental Congress
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George Washington named Commander in Chief
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Paine's "Common Sense" published
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Declatation of Independence
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Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga
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The French Alliance
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The Aricles of Confederation
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The Treaty of Paris
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U.S. Constitution signed