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This event was based on the rise of taxes on tea. Patriots dressed up as mohawk indians and dumped crates of tea into Boston Harbor.
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Shots fired at Lexington and Conrad. "Minute Men" force British troops back to Boston. During these events George Washington takes command of the Continetal Army.
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The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Following a decade of arguing over taxes and a year of war, representatives make the break with Britain. King George III isn't willing to let his subjects go without a fight, and loyalist sentiment remains strong in many areas. Americans' primary allegiance is to their states; nationalism will grow slowly.
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Thomas Jefferson's Delclaration of Independence was ratified by Congress.
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The Continental Army rout at Long Island, New York.
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George Washington crosses the Delaware River. During his crossing he captures a Hessian force at Treton, New Jersey.
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The British attack Charleston,South Carolina. The city fell in late May.
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A miraculous convergence of American and French forces traps Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. He surrenders his British army.
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A peace treaty is signed between Great Britian and the United States.This treaty brought the end to the war.
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George Washington gives up command of the Continental Army and, to the astonishment of foreign observers, returns to private life.
