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Boston Massacer
The killing of five colonists by British regulars. -
Boston Tea Party
a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
Battles of Lexington
fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston. -
Continuation of Battle of lexington and Concord
They continued fighting this next day. -
Four Siblings
An emission of £40,000 in legal tender bills of credit, payable by January 15, 1781. They were issued to replace the notes from the interest bearing emissions of May 3, June 16 and June 29 of 1775. Notes of 10s and highewr were redeemed by November 1, 1778. There were two signers on notes of 4s or below (which had blank backs) with three signers on the higher notes, which had printed backs. Printed by John Carter in Providence. Denominations issued were: 6d, 9d, 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 30 -
Declaration of Independence
Statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776 which announced that the thirteen American colonies,Then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Washington leads troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge
On this day in 1777, commander of the Continental Army George Washington, the future first president of the United States, leads his beleaguered troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. -
Treaty of Alliance
The Treaty of Alliance with France or Franco-American Treaty was a defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, which promised America of French military support in case of attack by British forces indefinitely into the future. -
The Articles of Confederation
an agreement among all thirteen original states in the United States of America that served as its first constitution -
Siege of Yorktown
a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. -
Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
U.S. Constitution signed
The Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters of the document waged a hard-won battle to win ratification by the necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states.