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the Stamp Act required all American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of paper they used
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At the start of the Revolutionary War, Paul Revere rode around town to warn the colonists that "the british are coming"
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The war starts when the first "shot heard around the world"
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The battle where William Prescott told American troops "don't fire until you see the white of their eyes"
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The Continental Congress agree's to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
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George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy
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The Continental Congress chooses the "stars and stripes" flag sewn by Betsy Ross
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British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga
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The Continental army under George Washington spends the winter training at Valley Forge
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The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war
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Treaty that officially ended the war
