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On April,19 1775 British and Colinists fights turn into warfare.
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Fighting breaks out in Lexington,Massachusetts.
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On April, 19 The Revolutionary War began.
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The Second Continentel Congress met in Philadelphia about the Colonies gaining there independence.
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1775 colonial leaders sent a letter to King George |||. Demanding independence.
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Thomas Pain wrote Common Sense stating that the colonies sould gain there independence in 1776.
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According to legend in 1776 Bettsy Ross was asked to make the first American flag.
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The Declaration of Independence was approved at the Independence Hall.
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After the Declaration of Independence was approved the Colinists had to fight for independence.
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In 1777 the Battle of Brandywine was fought and the British won.
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During the war settelers were scared and moved farther west and took the Native Americans land so the British felt bad and gave them weapons and they attacked the settlers.
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After the defeat at Brandywine Genaral George Washington was determined to rid Philadelphia of the redcoats.Genaral Howe and about 9,000 redcoats were at Germantown,Pennsylvania,. On October 4, Washington divided his army into four groups to attack the British.
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During the unusually harsh winter of 1777 the British slept in other people's homes while the Americans had to sleep outside on the floor.
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The British main army surrenderd at Yorktown, Virginia on October 19 ,1781.
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The Treaty of Paris officilly ended The Revolutionary War was signed on September,3, 1783.
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The same day that American and British delegates met in Paris,France to sign the Treaty of Paris John Adams,Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay signed the treaty that recognized the American state borders.
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The last of the British troops in America left in November 1783.
