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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts.
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Meeting of delegates from most of the colonies held in 1774 in response to the Coecive Acts.
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The first two battles of the American Revolution which resulted in a total of 273 British soldiers dead, wounded, and missing and nearly 100 Americans dead, missing or wounded.
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First major battle of the Revoluionary War; it actually took place at nearby Breed's Hill,Massachusetts
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An assemblage of delegates from all the colonies that convened in May 1775 after the outbreak of fighting in Massachusetts between British and American force.
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The document by which the Second Continental Congress announced and jusified its decision to renounce the colonies allegiance to the British government.
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Major defeat of British general John Burgayne and more than 5,000 British troops at Saratoga, New York.
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Last battle of the Revolutionary War; General Lord Charles Cornwell with over 7,000 British troops surrendered at Yorktown,Virginia.
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One of the Founding Fathers, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
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Four bills, passed in 1798 by the federalist in the 5th U.S. congress the aftermath of the french revolution.
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The acquistion by the U.S. in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana
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A 32 month military conflict between the U.S. and the British Empire and their allies which resulted in no territorial change.
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The final major battle of the War of 1812.
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