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Revolutionary War
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1. Proclamation of 1763
Ended French/Indian war -
Boston Massacre
Deaths of 6 civilians. un-official start of war -
Boston Tea Party
taxes on tea and other imports. More troops sent to the colonies -
8. Lexington and Concord
Start of actual war -
Olive Branch Petition
Attempt to avoid war between colonies and British congress. -
Publishing of Common Sense
Dis-like for the British rule. -
Dorchester Heights
British forced to leave and regroup in canada, -
Bunker Hill
Siege on boston -
Declaration of Independence
Declared independence from Britian -
Battle for Trenton
British weren't expecting the attack -
Princeton
Washington lead a counter-attack against British forces -
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
July 2 through July 6 -
Saratoga
September 19, 1777 and October 6, 1777 -
Valley forge
December of 1777 until February of 1778 -
Yorktown
End of war. British surrendered- 8000 troops surrendered -
Treaty of paris
Official end to Revolutionary war
