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The French and Indian War
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The French and Indian War
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The Sugar Act
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The Declaratory Act
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The Townshend Revenue Act
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August 1 Boston Non-Importation Agreement 1770
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The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Tea Party
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Oct. 10 Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (disputed as to whether it was a battle of the American Revolution or the culmination of Lord Dunmore's War)
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June 29 The First Virginia Constitution
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Nov. 16 British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
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Feb. 6 The United States and France sign the French Alliance
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Feb. 23-24 American George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (in what is now Indiana) on the Wabash in the Western campaign
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Oct. 7 King's Mountain, SC: battle lasts 65 minutes. American troops led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier defeat Maj. Patrick Ferguson and one-third of General Cornwallis's army
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March 2 Articles of Confederation adopted
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Greene defeated at Eutaw Springs, SC
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April 19 Congress ratifies preliminary peace treaty
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Sept. 17 U.S. Constitution signed
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British capture Charleston, SC
