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The conflict between France and Britain that will determine who controls North America.
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The conflict concludes resulting in a British victory and the Treaty of Paris which granted control of Canada and French Territories in America to Britain.
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First major and direct tax imposed on the colonies by Parliament. Taxed a lot of printed material.
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British troops fired into a crowd killing five men. United colonies in the protest against Britain.
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Patriots who were disguised as Native Americans threw over 300 crates of tea into the harbor in an act of protest against the tea tax.
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Series of acts that were meant to punish colonists in Massachusetts
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First Continental Congress met to discuss Britain's behavior.
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First battle of the American Revolution was the "shot heard around the world."
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Fought during the siege of Boston. One of the first Battles of the war.
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Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia
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Continental army spends brutal winter in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia.
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America is acknowledged as independent by Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris.
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Farmers protest high taxes and harsh penalties if you fail to pay.
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George Washington unanimously elected first president of the United States.
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John Adams inaugurated and elected second president of the United States.
