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the boston massacre
-a street fight between patriots and a squad of british soldiers
-led to a campaign by speech writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry -
boston tea party
-political protest by the sons of liberty
-imposed a punishment, came into the frm of intolerable acts -
batte of lexington
-Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them,defeated lexingotn
-first military engagments -
the battle of concord
-After they defeated the colonists at Lexington, the British marched to Concord to complete their task
-first military engagments -
declaration of dependence
decided to declar independence
-we celebrate american independence day on july 4 -
battle of trenton
- a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War -Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing
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valley forge
-Washington leads troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge
-12,000 men and women of the Continental Army who arrived in Valley Forge -
treaty of alliance
-treaty of alliance was signed -
artlcles of confederation
articles of confederation are adopted
-established the first national government of the United States -
siege of yorktown
a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops
most important battle -
treaty of paris
After the signing of the Treaty of Paris, John Adams informed Congress in a letter dated September 5, 1783
-treaty of peace -
constitution day
an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens
