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American Revolutin
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Boston Massacre
British troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep order, but instead they provoked outrage. -
Boston Tea Party
340 chests of British East India Company Tea were dumped into Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. "The British are coming!" -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
"Common Sense" is published
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of indepence was adopted and freedom was declared from England. -
Battle of Trenton
Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. -
Valley Forge
The Continental Army entered its winter camp at Valley Forge, 22 miles from British-occupied Philadelphia. -
Franco-American alliances signed
France and the fledgling United States of America signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris, France. -
Articles of Confederation are ratified
The Articles were signed by Congress and sent to the individual states for ratification. -
Surrender of Cornwallis
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
A document that ended the Revolutionary War between Britain and America. -
Constitutional Convention begins
55 delegates meet in Philadelphia to make a new U.S. constiution.
