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The Tresty of Paris ends the Seven Years War.
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tzx on every pience of printed paper they used
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British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshed duties and clamp down on local radicals
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A group of nine British soldiers opened fire on the crowd, killing five and wounding six men.
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A group of about 70 men boarded on three British ships in the Boston harbor and threw their tea cargo in the sea.
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The British Parliament passes the Coercive Acts, often called the Intolerable Acts in America -
Delegates from 12 colonies met at the First Continental Congress to discuss how to react to the Intolerable Acts
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The British governor of Mass. sent several hundred British troops to seize the colonists' military stores at Concord. Their intentions were soon discovered. Local miliitamen gathered at Lexington to intercept the British troops.
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The first shots of the war are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
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During the first major action of the war, inexperienced colonial soldiers hold off British veterans for more than two hours. Although they are forced to abandon their position, including high ground, the patriots show that they are not intimidated by the long lines of red-coated infantrymen.
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A British invasion for mounts an all-day attack on a patriot force on Sullivan's Island. The invaders were unable to land their troops on the island.
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The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Contenental Congress
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Marked the turning point of the American Revolution and encouraged France to openly support the Americans against Britain.
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Because of the land and sea joint American and French armies in Virginia, the British commander realized that he did not have a slightest chance.
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The American Revolution formally ended with the Treaty of Paris.
