📜 Stamp Act angers colonists (1765)
☕ Boston Tea Party (1773)
💥 Battles of Lexington & Concord (1775)
🗽 Declaration of Independence signed (1776)
❄️ Winter at Valley Forge (1777-1778)
🇫🇷 France becomes an ally (1778)
⚔️ Battle of Yorktown — British surrender (1781)
✌️ Treaty of Paris ends the war (1783)