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The Boston Tea Party
In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonist disguised a Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and trump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. The midnight raid, popularity known as the "Boston Tea Party", was in protest of the British Parlament's Tea Act of 1773. -
George Washington, Military Leader
In June 1775, Congress ordered General George Washington to take command of the Continental Army besieging the British in Boston. Despite having little practical experience in managing large, conventional armies, Washington proved to be a capable and resilient leader of the American military forces during the war. http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/ -
Thomas Jefferson, Independence Cart
On July 4, 1776 , US adopted the Declaration of Independence. Its lead author ,Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration as a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Britain more than a year after the outbreak of the War of the American Revolution and how the statement announced that the thirteen American Colonies were no longer part of the British Empire
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13 Colonies After the Independence
Between 1776 and 1789, the United States emerged as an independent country, creating and ratifying its new constitution, and establishing its national government. In order to assert their traditional rights, American Patriots seized control of the colonies and launched a war for independence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1776–89)
