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Boston Massacre
British Troops and American colonists clashed, a Boston crowd threw snowballs at the troops and the soldiers fired their weapons killing 5 people. -
Boston Tea Party
This protest was aimed at taxes on imported tea. Colonists went on to British ships in Boston Harbor, then dumping three shiploads of tea into the Harbor. -
Boycott of British Goods
In September 1774, representatives from the First Continental Congress organized a boycott of British goods. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed to shut down the Boston Harbor and required colonists to house and feed Boston soilders. -
Lexington and Concord
On April 19th, 1775, fighting started when British troops marched into the towns of Lexington and Concord. -
Thomas Paine (common sense)
Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet calling colonists to break away from Britain. -
Declaration of Independents
On July 4, 1776 The Congress released the Declaration of Independents, written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by the colonial representatives. -
Battle of Sowatoga
The Battle of Sowatoga was a battle fought in New York between Britain and the American colonists, that the Americans won. -
The Constitutional Convention
In May of 1787, delegates from the states met to write a constitution. -
France and America Form an Alliance
After the American colonists began winning battles the French, Britain's rival, agreed to form an alliance. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown in Virginia was the last battle between the colonists and the British, in which the colonists won and declared their own freedom. -
Treaty of Paris
Two years after the battle of Yorktown, the Treaty of Paris ended the war and Britain finally accepted America's independents.