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Seven Years’ War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Concord and Lexington
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
USA Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Pennsylvania State House. -
George Washington crosses the Delaware
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River occurred during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against Hessian forces. -
Saratoga Battle
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
French Treaty of Alliance
The American Colonies and France signed this military treaty. It formalized France's financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America. -
British surrender in Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.