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The Boston Tea Party
it occurs when activists disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians then board the ships and dump all 342 containers of tea into the harbor. -
The Boston Port Act
it shut down all commercial shipping in Boston harbor until Massachusetts payed the taxes owed on the tea dumped in the harbor and compensation to the East India Company -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress meets and declares its opposition to the Coercive Acts. The rights to "life, liberty and property" are asserted and delegates agree to a boycott English imports, place an embargo of exports to Britain and discontinue the slave trade. -
Massachusetts in state of rebellion
The Provincial Congress in Massachusetts orders 13,600 American soldiers to be mobilized and volunteers begin a year long siege of Boston which is held by the British. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independence -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation - Congress is made sole authority of the new national government. -
France signs a treaty of alliance
France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the American Revolution soon becomes a world war. -
The final battle of the Revolutionary War
The final battle of the Revolutionary War when Americans retaliate by attacking a Shawnee village in Ohio -
Preliminary peace treaty
Preliminary peace treaty signed in Paris recognising American independence and the British withdrawal from America. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress and the American Revolutionary War officially ends