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in 1775 the situation grew worse when the king declared the coony of massachusetts to be in open rebellion and command the bostong main patriot leaders samuel adams and john hancock be arrested for treason
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October of 1774, the colonies were experiencing alot of trouple because of unfair taxation, lack of representation in the british parliament, and the restriction of colonial freedoms.
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a few weeks after the outbreak of war representatives from the thirteen colonies formed the second continental congress that would serve as an emergency government throughout the war.
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with the arrival of summer in 17776, thomas jefferson and other members fo a special congressionial committee were bussy at work writing the decloration of independence americas most famous historical document.
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many americans were just learning toat independence had been declared when war broke out in new york and spread to new jsrsy and pennsylvania.
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but near there on chrimas night 1776 washington and his men went on the offensive crossed icy delaware river and slipped back into new jersy.
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the summer after valley forge the british under took a majour military campain in the southern states where a lot of people were againts indipendence.
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two months after the fighting ar saratoga washington began to set up hiswinter encampment here at valley forge, pennsylvania, about a days fide from phili.
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1779-1778 were bad for us because the sufferd defeats in the south and eventually went to virginia and won.
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a large force of british troops led by general cornwallis had reachered yourktown virginia and old tobacco bort near the chesapeake bay where the last battle of the revolutionary war was fought.