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Events of Rev. War
Events during the Revolutionary War
Event | Importance |
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French and Indian War | (1754-1763) Britain fought the French and Indians for land in the Mississippi River Valley. Britain won and was left in debt. |
Boston Massacre | (1770) Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers |
Boston Tea Party | (1773) Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into the Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes |
First Continental Congress | (1774) Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Great Britain and to promote independence |
Battle of Lexington and Concord | (1775) Site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War |
Approval of the Declaration of Independence | Colonies declared independence from Great Britain July 4, 1776 |
Battle of Saratoga | (1777) The American victory was the TURNING POINT in the Revolutionary War |
Surrender at Yorktown | (1781) Colonial victory over Lord Cornwallis marked the END OF THE REVOLUTINARY WAR |
Treaty of Paris 1783 | Great Britain recognized American independence in this treaty |