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American Revolution
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boston tea party
This famed act of American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. The Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
Intolerable Acts
To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. There were three major acts involved that angered the colonists. -
Lexington and Concord
Kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. -
Washington Becomes Head of Army
Washington, who would one day become the first American president, accepts an assignment to lead the Continental Army. In 1774, Washington joined the Continental Congress as a delegate from Virginia. The next year, the Congress offered Washington the role of commander in chief of the Continental Army. -
Declaration of Independence Signed-include who wrote it
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Edward Rutledge was the youngest signer, and Benjamin Franklin was the oldest signer. John Hancock's. John Hancock's now-iconic signature on the Declaration is nearly 5 inches -
Battle of Long Island
The British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. -
Battle of Saratoga
Fought eighteen days. Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights -
Battle of Yorktown
Commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops. The most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Paris Peace Treaty
all references to it were confined to a two-party version of the document signed by North Vietnam and the United States. the United States agreed to the withdrawal of all U.S. troops and advisors
