Cartoon originally devised in 1754 by Benjamin Franklin to promote unity of the colonies during the French and Indian War, which later in the 1770s became a symbol of the Revolution. Image: Harper's Weekly
"The Repeal, Or The Funeral Of Miss Ame-Stamp," a print published March 18, 1766 depicts a mock funeral procession composed of supporters of the Stamp Act carrying a small coffin containing the remains of the bill toward an open burial vault. Image: Library of Congress
Print by Paul Revere of Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, largely copied from drawings by engraver Henry Pelham, who soon after Revere's version appeared produced his own print. Image: Library of Congress
Engraving depicting the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, by W.D. Cooper originally published in book The History of North America published in London in 1789. Image: Library of Congress
1773 Boston Tea Party in lithograph by Nathaniel Currier printed in 1846 titled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor". Image: Wikimedia Commons
Minute Men firing on the British in Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775, in print published in 1790 Image: Library of Congress
Hand-colored map published in London depicting the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, and the Siege of Boston. Image: Library of Congress
British troops shown in assault during Battle of Bunker Hill fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in painting done in 1909 by Percy Moran. Image: Library of Congress
Commission dated June 19, 1775, signed by John Hancock as president of Continental Congress appointing George Washington as commander-in-chief of Continental Army. Image: Library of Congress
Draft of beginning of Declaration of Independence prepared by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, prior to signing of final manuscript on July 4. Image: National Archives
Painting by John Trumbull done in 1821 depicts British General John Burgoyne prepared to surrender his sword to General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York on October 17, 1777 following battles in September and October. Image: Architect of the Capitol
First page of letter from Benedict Arnold to George Washington pleading for mercy for his wife dated September 25, 1780. Image: Library of Congress (click image for more information)
George Washington on horseback surrounded by soldiers in snow at Valley Forge during winter of 1777-78 as shown in painting done in 1911. Image: Library of Congress
Washington Crossing the Delaware before attacking Hessian soldiers at Trenton on December 25, 1776, as depicted in 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze. Image: Wikimedia Commons (click image for more information at Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Painting by John Trumbull in 1820 depicts surrender by Lord Cornwallis of the British army at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, which ended the last major campaign of the Revolutionary War. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Last page of Treaty of Paris executed September 3, 1783, ending the war and recognizing independence of the colonies with signatures of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay as the representatives of the Continental Congress. Image: National Archives