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Britain set a tax that required all public documents to have a stamp.
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5 Boston colonists are shot by Brisitsh troop.
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Boston colonists were angry with the tax on tea, so they dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Representatives from the colonies get together to unite and oppose British taxes.
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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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Actual fighting starts with the "first shot heard around the world." Americans win and the British retreat.
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Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
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Major battle when William Prescott famously told the American troops, "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
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Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
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Continental Congress adopts the "stars and stripes" flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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France recognizes the U.S. as an independent country with the Treaty of Alliance.
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Defined the official government of the United States.
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The last major battle of the revolution. British General Cornwallis' surrender was the unofficial end of the war.
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Treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
