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French and Indian War
1754-1763 -
Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Patrick Henry gives "If this be Treason" speech
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Townshend Acts
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Period: to
First Continental Congress
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The ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes
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Battle at Lexington Concord
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Ethan Allan and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga
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Second Continental Congress
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Battle at Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
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Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
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Delaration of Independence adopted at 2nd Continental Congress
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Battle of Long Island
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Battle of Harlem Heights
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Washington crosses the Delaware
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Winter at Valley Forge
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Battle at Cowpens, SC
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Articles of Confederation
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General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, VA
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Treaty of Paris
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US Constitution is ratified