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Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists
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Mrs. Theodore Atkinson, Jr. is painted by John Singleton Copley.
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Stamp Act is repealed
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Four workers shot by British troops in Boston Image - Depiction of The Boston Massacre, although over-exaggerated
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Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest against the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor. Image - Men destroying tea crates in the Boston Harbor
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The Coercive Acts (called Intolerable Acts by Americans)
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The American Revolution, the American War of Independence, led by George Washington was fought between Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.
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Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain Image - The signing of the Declaration of Independance
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Congress is made sole authority of the new national government.
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France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the American Revolution soon becomes a world war.
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John Adams is appointed to negotiate peace with England.
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George Washington is painted by Charles Wilson Peale.
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Plans discovered indicating Benedict Arnold intends to turn traitor and surrender West Point. Benedict Arnold joins the British
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The British army surrenders at Yorktown - a devastating effect on the British
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English Parliament votes against further war in America.
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England officially declares an end to hostilities in America
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The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress and the American Revolutionary War officially ends Image - The Signing of the Treaty of Paris
