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Taxed all paper goods
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Boston colonists are shot by British troops
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Representatives from the colonies get together to unite and oppose British taxes
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caused by taxation
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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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The Revolutionary War starts and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to warn the colonists that the "British are coming".
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The actual fighting starts with the first "shot heard around the world". The Americans win as the British retreat.
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The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga.
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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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The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
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Treaty that officially ended the war.
