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Some Boston colonists were angry about the taxation on tea and so they board on British ships and dumped crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Representatives from the colonies get together to unite
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The Revolutionary War starts when Paul makes his famous ride to warn the colonists that the "British are coming".
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The first shot fired in the American Revolution. News spread around the world about the first shot.
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The actual fighting starts with the first shot, "shot heard around the world".
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The Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
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Major Battle where William Prescott told the American Troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes".
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Adopted by the Continental Congress, the 13 Colonies wanted to seek out their Independence.
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France recognized the United States 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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Last Major battle of the Revolutionary War. British surrender at Yorktown, the unofficial end of the war.
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Treaty that officially ended the war.
