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On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere and Samuel Preskot warned the colonists that the British were coming so they would be ready to fight.
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On June 16, 1775, in Charlston, the British attacked American forces to go to their shipyard so the British could destroy their ships.
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In 1776, in America, Thomas Pain wrote "Common Sense" to further the Revolutionary cause.
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In 1776, in Pennsylvania, in the outskirts of Trenton, New Jersey, Washington's army fought to get more guns and ammunition.
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On January 3, 1777, in Princeton, New Jersey, George Washington's army fought and won, driving the British out of New Jersey.
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May 10, 1775, in New York, St. Clair surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British; then after an American capture, the British recaptured it in 1777.
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On February 23, 1778, Prussan soldier Von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge to train the colonist troups.
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On June 28, 1778, in New Jersey, George Washington's troops fought the British troops to stop the British from advancing.
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In 1775, John Paul Jones fought against the British in Virginia to gain independence.
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On October 9, 1779, in Savannah, GA, a joint American-French force tried to take back Savannah because the Brittish had seized Savannah a few months earlier.
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On May 12, 1780, the British captured Charleston because it was an important port and strategic center.
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In the year of 1780, Benedict Arnold's plans to cede West Point was discovered by the British.
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In 1781, American forces pushed back the British with a fierce Bayonet charge.
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In 1781, the Articles of Confederation were set up by the government which established a government for each of the 13 states.
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On September 3, 1783, in Paris, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay signed the Treaty of Paris and the Revolutionary War was officially ended.
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On September 17, 1781, the Constitution was documented and declared in effect which detailed the form of goverment in the United States.