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The French and Indian war started over disputes over the upper Ohio River, allowing trade.
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British troops fired into a mob of colonists, killing five men.
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Colonial patriots get disguised as Mohawks and board three ships in the Boston harbor. They threw out more than 300 crates of tea to protest the British Tea Tax.
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The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia, there was 56 delegates, representing every colony except Georgia.
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The American Revolution was started with the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
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The Continental Congress adopts the first flag of the United States.
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The British General, Cornwallis, surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown Virginia.
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Great Britain formally recognizes the Americans independence with the Treaty of Paris, which brings the war to an end.
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George Washington is unanimously elected President of the United States by state electors.
