American revolution timeline Destiny Oppocher

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    French and Indian war

  • the stamp act

  • sugar act

  • the Boston massacre

  • General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown

  • Peace treaty signed ending the american revolution recognizing independence

  • the tea act

  • the Boston tea party

  • the quartering act

  • the Boston port act

  • "Give me liberty or give me death"-Patrick Henry's speech

  • Battles of Lexington and concord

  • Battle of bunker hill

  • George Washington is named commander in Chief

  • Thomas Paine writes common sense

  • Declaration of Independence is written and signed by delegates in the Continental Congress

  • Battle of Ticonderoga

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    Battle of Saratoga

  • Alliance is Made between the Rebels and the French

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    Battle of Yorktown