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The boston tea party
Angry with a new tax on tea, some Boston colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty board British ships and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Paul Revere's ride
The Revolutionary War starts and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to warn the colonists that the "British are coming". -
Battle of Lexington and concord
The actual fighting starts with the first "shot heard around the world". The Americans win as the British retreat. -
Capture of fort Ticonderoga
The Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Major battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes". -
The declaration of independence is adopted
The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
