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Boston Massacre
A group of British soldiers fire into a mob of Americans and kill 5 men leading to large amounts of protests -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Colonies dress as Mohawk Indians and board three British ships where they dump 300 crates of tea into the ocean to show their defiance to the British Tea Tax. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress holds a meeting with 56 delegates in Philadelphia representing all the colonies besides Georgia. -
The American Revolution
Great Britain and the 13 colonies begin to fight the Revolutionary War. The first battles of Lexington, Concord, and Massachusetts date the beginning of the war. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress in Philadelphia creates the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia claiming Independence from Great Britain. -
Valley Forge Pennsylvania
The Continental Army spends the cold winter and next spring in the Vally Forge of Pennsylvania -
British Surrender to the Colonists
The British General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown Virginia. -
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain formally recognized American Independence by signing the Treaty of Paris. -
The First President
George Washing is unanimously voted the first president of the United States of America.