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22 year old Lieutenant George Washington sparks the French and Indian War, leading to the Global conflict called the Seven years’ war.
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The Treaty of Paris is between Great Britain, France, and Spain ends the Seven Years war, Leaving Great Britain with the title to vast territories that belonged to the Spanish and French in North America.
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The Stamp Act was determined to raise revenue to pay for defense of the newly expanded colonies. Parliament passed the act. It taxed many new things and ignited a revolt that leads to its repeal the following year.
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A crowd of people dressed themselves up as Mohawk Indians and dumped more than 300 crates of tea resulting in the Boston Tea Party. It was a complete outrage to the British.
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George Washington Issues his first orders as commander in chief of the “Troops of the United Provinces of North America”, from his quarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Having a base at Yukon, Virginia, British general Cornwallis finds him trapped and under siege by American and French Forces when a French fleet defeats a British Naval Force at Chesapeake bay.
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Ratified by the American congress and King George III in 1784, the treaty ends the American war of Independence.
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At a ceremony on the balcony of New York City Hall, George Washington is sworn in as the first President of the United States of America under its new constitution.
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The United States declares war on Great Britain, sparking the conflict that is sometimes known as “The second American Revolution”.
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President Lincoln invokes the Declaration of independence in his short, incisive speech dedicating the national cemetery at the site of the recent battle of Gettysburg.
