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        The Boston Tea Party was a political protest on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. - 
  
  
        The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War - 
  
  
        The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. - 
  
  
        In December 1777, General George Washington moved the Continental Army to their winter quarters at Valley Forge. - 
  
  
        The Articles of Confederation were finally ratified. Congress had signed them and sent them to individual states for ratification. - 
  
  
        The Battle of Yorktown, the siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America - 
  
  
        the United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government. - 
  
  
        The first inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States - 
  
  
        Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States - 
  
  
        George Washington was a Founding Father of the United States, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797 - 
  
  
        Vice President Thomas Jefferson, the Democratic-Republican Party candidate, defeated President John Adams, the Federalist Party candidate and incumbent. - 
  
  
        Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review