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Conflict between the British and French for control of North America.
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War between Great Britain and the American colonies when the colonists declared independence from England.
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British troops fired into a mob killing five men and leading to public protests.
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Colonists dressed as Indians dumped 300 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor as protest against the British tea tax.
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First Continental Congress meets with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia.
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The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
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Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown, VA.
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Signed in Paris by Great Britain and the United States ending the Revolutionary War.
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George Washington elected first president of the United States.
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Ratification of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
