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The Boston Massacre
The colonists are shots by British troops -
The Boston Tea Party
The sons of Liberty board British ships and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The First Continental Congress Meets
The colonies get together to unite and oppose British taxes. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Warn the colonists that the "British are coming". -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The actual fighting starts with the first "shot heard around the world -
The Declaration of Independence is Adopted
Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence. -
America Chooses a Flag
"Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross. -
Alliance with France
The United States as an independent country with the Treaty of Alliance -
Articles of Confederation
Official government of the United States. -
Battle of Yorktown
British General Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
