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The Bosston Massacre
It was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
Revere and Dawes 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. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. -
Independece day
It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776. -
Valley Force
Valley Forge was the military camp in southeastern Pennsylvania, where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Alliance
defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, which promised America of French military support in case of attack by British forces indefinitely into the future. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Siege of Yorktown
decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. -
Treaty of Paris
A broadside of the preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War, which were ratified by Congress on April 15, 1783. A broadside of a Congressional proclamation announcing the ratification of the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784. -
Constitution Day
American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens.
