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1754-60
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French and Indian War
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1760
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George III becomes King
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1765
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Stamp Act and Quartering Act passed
Stamp Act Congress meets
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1766
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Stamp Act repealed
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1767
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Parliament passes Townshend Acts
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1768
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British troops in Boston
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1770
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Boston Massacre (March 5)
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1773
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Parliament passes the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party (December 16)
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1774
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Coercive ("Intolerable") Acts and Quebec Act passed
First Continental Congress meets
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1775
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Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19)
Second Continental Congress meets
Washington appointed commander of Continental Army
Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17)
Defeat at Quebec (December 30)
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1776
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Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
Siege of Boston ends
Declaration of Independence signed (July 4)
New York falls
Battle of Trenton (December 25)
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1777
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Battle at Princeton (January 3)
Fort Ticonderoga falls (July 6)
Battle of Bennington (August 16)
Battle of Brandywine (September 11)
Philadelphia falls (September 26)
Battle of Germantown (October 6)
Battle of Saratoga (October 7)
Burgoyne surrenders (October 17)
Congress passes Articles of Confederation (November 15)
Winter at Valley Forge
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1778
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France declares war
Battle of Monmouth Courthouse (June 28)
Savannah captured (December 29)
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1779
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George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (February 25)
Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis (September 29)
Winter at Morristown
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1780
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Charleston falls (May 12)
Battle of Camden (August 16)
Battle of Kings Mountain (October 7)
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1781
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Battle of Cowpens (January 17)
Articles of Confederation adopted by states (March 1)
Battle of Guilford Courthouse (March 15)
Battle of Eutaw Springs (September 8)
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown (October 19)
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1783
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Treaty of Paris signed (September 3)
Continental Army disbanded; Washington retires
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1786
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Annapolis Convention
Shays' Rebellion
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1787
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Congress passes Northwest Ordinance
Constitutional Convention meets
Constitution signed (September 17)
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1788
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Constitution is ratified
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1789
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First meeting of Congress
George Washington sworn in as President, John Adams as Vice President
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1791
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Congress adopts the Bill of Rights
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