6c Hardy EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers

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Boston Massacre

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Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.

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Boston Tea Party

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These were the first armed conflicts of the Revolutionary War.

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Great Britain and to promote independence.

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First Continental Congress

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First major battle of the War

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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The colonies declared independence from Great Britain (July 4, 1776).

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Approval of the Declaration of Independence

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Colonists met to create an army and write the Declaration of Independence.

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2nd Continental Congress

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Turning point of the war, we started winning

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Battle of Saratoga

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Last battle of the war. England surrendered

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Battle of Yorktown

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The king signed a paper acknowledging our victory and we are no longer part of England.

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Treaty of Paris