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Britain placed a tax on every public document (it was required). The colonies didn't like the tax placed on them.
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Colonies were angry with the new tax on the tea. Boston colonies dumped 340 chest of tea into the boston harbor
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A colonial Battle for independence
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5 Boston colonies are shot by british troops. 5 deaths, 20,000 residents and 4,000 redcoats.
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Paul Revere warned the americas that the british were coming. He was captured 3 times and escaped 3 times.
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The actual fighting begins with the first "shot heard around the world". Americans win while the British retreats.
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Green Mountain boys capture Fort Ticonderoga from the british.
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A battle where William Prescott told the american troops " don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes".
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The continental congress agrees to adopt Thomas Jefferson's declaration.
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The continental army spends their time training in Valley Forge
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The congress adopts the "stars & stripes" flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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France notices the U.S. as an independent country with the treaty of alliance
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This was the final battle of the american revolutionary war. The british general surrenders at Yorktown.
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This treaty is what officially ended the war
