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Began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

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The Sons of liberty dressed

up as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.

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In the spring of 1774 it passed the Coercive Acts. Colonists called these laws the Intolerable Acts.

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British military leaders in the colonies grew

uneasy when local militias seemed to be preparing for action.

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At dawn on April 19, the British

troops arrived at the town of Lexington, near Concord, where 70 armed

minutemen waited.

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Desperate for supplies, leaders in Boston sent Benedict Arnold and a force of 400 men to New York State. Their objective was to attack the British at Fort Ticonderoga.

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Shortly after the Battle of Bunker Hill, General Washington arrived in Boston to command the Continental army.

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The Declaration of Independence formally announced the colonies’ break from Great Britain.

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A New Philosophy of Government American revolution

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The Declaration did not recognize the rights of enslaved Africans, either.

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Soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay.

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was an important Patriot victory. American soldiers took more than 900 prisoners.

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New York was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. It was the greatest victory yet for the American forces.