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War between Great Britain and the Colonist agaist the French and Indians.
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Treaty that ended the French and Indian war
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Tax imposed on printed materials in colonies forcing them to uesd stamped materials
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After officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor
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"The shot heard around the world" first battles of the American Revolution
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The Second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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Announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Written by Thomas Jefferson
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General George Washington led continental soldiers across the Deleware river to attack a British regiment in Trenton, New Jersey. Known as the turning point in the war
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Last battle of the American Revolution were Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the colonists with the help from the French blocking off British ships.
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Also known as the Contitutional Convention. When the United States Constitution was adopted in place of the Articles of Confederation
