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Boston Massacre
The First Battle of the Revolutionary War. The Boston Massacre is considered by many historians to be the first battle of the Revolutionary War.The massacre resulted in the death of five colonists. -
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America, ending the American Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
The framework for the Boston Tea Party was set, and 340 chests of British East Indian Company Tea were dumped into Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty. -
Revere's Ride
On the evening of April 18, 1775, 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. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. -
Common Sense
On this day in 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Independent Nation
We celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place in the morning in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle signific -
Continental Army enters winter camp at Valley Forge
With the onset of the bitter winter cold, the Continental Army enters its winter camp at Valley Forge, When Washington’s army marched out of Valley Forge on June 19, 1778, the men were better disciplined and stronger in spirit than when they had entered. Nine days later, they won a victory against the British under Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey. -
Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Alliance
During the American War for Independence, representatives from the United States and France sign the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris. -
Articles of Confederation are ratified
The Articles were signed by Congress and sent to the individual states for ratification on November 15, 1777, after 16 months of debate. Bickering over land claims between Virginia and Maryland delayed final ratification for almost four more years. Maryland finally approved the Articles on March 1, 1781, affirming the Articles as the outline of the official government of the United States. -
The Surrender of Cornwallis
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown A.D. 1781, [ca.1870]. On October 19, 1781, 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 -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention—now known as the Constitutional Convention which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
