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The final conflict ongoing the struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America
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The British gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi
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British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to public protests
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Colonial patriots dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as protest against the British tea tax
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Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philedelphia
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War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern side of America
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The farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest taxes and penalties for failure to pay
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Made up of 12 of the 13 colonies, who meet in Philadelphia to draft the US Constitution
