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Boston Massacare
A mob of people were harrasing british soldiers because they were angered about Britain's colonial policy then soldiers started to fire at the crowd after one soldier was hit with an object from a civillian causing five deaths and six injuries. -
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American Revolution
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Boston Tea Party
Angered by the Tea Act, 3 americans patriots, including Samuel Adams, disguised themselves as Indians $9,000 worth of tea into the Boston harbour -
Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was sent by Dr. Joseph Warren to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This was the first military battle of the American Revolutionary War against the British Troops and the Minutemen, and the Minutemen won. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's Common Sense published anonymously in Philadelphia -
Declaration Of Independece
Continental Congress issues the Declaration of Independence -
Battle of Trenton
After George Washington crossed the Delaware River, he led his army to Hessain soldiers at Trenton and had a small battle which Washington won and captured most Hessain soldiers -
Valley Forge
The Continental army sets up camp in Valley Forge fighting off the cold and the chance of the british attacking and for the mean time they would do drills to keep them busy -
France recognizes U.S. independence
Representatives from the United States and France sign the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris. -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
The Articles were signed by Congress and sent to the individual states for ratification -
Surrender of British forces under Cornwallis at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to an end. -
Treaty of Paris, formally ending the Revolutionary War
The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France sign the Treaty of Paris and the boundaries of the new republic were agreed upon Florida north to the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River. -
U.S. Constitution signed
The Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 38 of 41 delegates that were at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters of the document waged a hard-won battle to win ratification by the necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states.
