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Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord "The shot heard around the world
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The British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill
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Paine's "Common Sense" published
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Redcoats defeat the George Washington's army in the Battle of Long Island. Washington's army escapes at night.
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Washington crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton from Hessians
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Washington's army retires to winter quarters at Valley Forge
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The United States and France sign the French Alliance
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Spain declares war on Great Britain
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King's Mountain, SC: battle lasts 65 minutes. American troops led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier defeat Maj. Patrick Ferguson and one-third of General Cornwallis's army
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Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA
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British and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace
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The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
