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10h 33min, mar 5, 1770 y - Shots fired at Lexington and Concord. "Minute Men" force British troops back to Boston. George Washington takes command of the Continental Army.

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a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building.

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10h 33min, mar 5, 1770 y
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~ 256 years ago