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1770 Boston Massacre. British kill protesting colonists. 1773 Boston Tea Party. Colonists protesting British taxes dump tea into Boston Harbor. 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord begins American Revolution. 1776 Declaration of Independence is signed. 1781 British surrender at Yorktown.
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1773 Boston Tea Party. Colonists protesting British taxes dump tea into Boston Harbor.
1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord begins American Revolution.
1789 Washington becomes first President under current constitution