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Britain sets a tax that requires a stamp on all public documents like newspapers or legal documents. The colonists did not like having this tax placed on them. This led to unrest in the colonies and the Stamp Act Congress (October 1765).
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The Revolutionary War starts and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to warn colonists that the " British are coming ".
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The actual fighting starts with the first " shot heard around the world". The Americans win as the British retreat.
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The Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga.
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The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
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The Continental Congress adopts the " Stars and Stripes "Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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The Continental army under George Washington spends the winter training at Valley Forge.
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The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
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Treaty that officially ended the war.
