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American Revolution

  • John Locke's "Second Treatise of Government"

  • Montesquieu's "The Spirit of the Laws"

  • Rousseau's "The Social Contract"

  • Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

  • Crispus Attucks death

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Samuel Adams leader during Boston Tea Party

  • Passage of Intolerable Acts

  • First Continental Congress

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    Men fought during Revolutionary War

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    White Settlers helped fight the war

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    American Indians fought on either side of the war

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    Women held the houses down in absence of their men

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    Free and enslaved African Americans fought in the war on either side

  • Patrick Henry Speech

  • Paul Revere Midnight Ride

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • Second Continental Congress

  • George Washington appointed Commander in Chief

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Thomas Jefferson drafts Declaration of Independence

  • Common Sense

  • Declaration of Independence

  • John Adams signs Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Trenton

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    Battle of Saratoga

  • Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette in Battle of Yorktown

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    Battle of Yorktown