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The Sugar Act
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The Stamp Act
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Patrick Henry's Speech
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Townshend Acts
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The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
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Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Second Continental Congress
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George Washington named Commander in Chief
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published
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Richard Henry Lee Proposes Independence
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Declaration of Independence Adopted
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Declaration of Independence Signed
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George Washington Crosses the Delaware
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Winter at Valley Forge
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Articles of Conferation Adopted
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Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, VA
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British Sign Articles of Peace
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Treaty of Paris
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US Constitution Ratified