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The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others.
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Britain sets a tax that requires a stamp on all public documents like newspapers or legal documents. The colonists did not like having this tax placed on them. This led to unrest in the colonies and the Stamp Act Congress (October 1765).
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5 Boston colonists are shot by British troops.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773
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what began the war and made others happen
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first person shoots (unknown) and war begins
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He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 18, 1775 to tell them that the british were coming.
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when the declaration was signed and we became independent
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The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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Treaty that officially ended the war.
