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Start of French and Indian War
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Period: to
Revolution
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End of French and Indian War
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The Sugar Act
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The Stamp Act
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Townshend Acts
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The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Tea Party
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The First Continental Congress
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The Rides of Paul Rivere & William Dawes
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The Battles of Lexington & Concord
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Second Continental Congress
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" published
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Declaration of Independence signed
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Burgoyne surrenders to General Gates at Saratoga
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Articles of Confederation adopted
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Cornwallis surrounded; surrenders at Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris