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https://padlet.com/alexandrafrye/qh8p3223r93j

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Boston Tea Party: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/amrev/rebelln/tea.html

Articles of Confederation: https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/november-15/

Battle of Saratoga: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/amrev/turning/saratoga.html

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August 1781 Ratification of the Articles of Confederation

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1787 Adoption of the American Constitution by the former colonies.

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February 1778 France recognizes US independence

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December 1776 battle of Trenton boosts american morale

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July 1776 Continental Congress issues the Declaration of Independence

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June 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill- first major battle of the war of Independence.

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May 1776 France provides covert aid to the Americans

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April 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord- British battle the minutemen.

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January 1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense

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September 1783 Treaty of Paris formally ends the Revolutionary War.

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July 1775 Olive-Branch Petition- congress asking for american rights

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October 1781 Surrender of British forces under Cornwallis at Yorktown.

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June 1775 Continental Congress appoints Washington as commander-in-cheif

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October 1777 British surrender of 5700 troops at Saratoga.

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September 1774 Continental Congress brings delegates together

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May 1773 Tea act levies tax on tea

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April 1770 Repeal of the townshend Revenue Act

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May 1774 Intolerable Acts strip Massachusetts of its self government

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March 1770 Boston Massacre-British soldiers kill 5 Bostonians

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October 1768 British troops arrive in Boston to settle political unrest.

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December 1773 Boston Tea Party- bostonians dump tea into the harbor

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June 1776 Townshend Revenue Act taxes tea glass, lead paper and paint.

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March 1766 Declaratory Act repeals the stamp act but continues to tax colonies

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October 1765 9 of 13 colonies declare stamp act  unconstitutional

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May 1765 Virginia assembly refuses to pay stamp act

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May 1765 Quartering Act requires colonist to pay for supplies to British garrisons

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March 1765 Stamp Act taxes all newspapers, pamphlets and documents.

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April 1764 Sugar act taxes molasses

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October 1763 Proclamation of 1763 prohibiting settlement of the west.

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1763 Signing of the treaty of Paris ending Seven Years' War.