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Paul Rivere warned the towns folk on his section of road that the british were coming. He was a silversmith in Boston.
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The first battle of the Revolution. American militias fled in Concord when shots were fired, then in Lexington, Americans surrounded the british and won the battle.
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Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Ticonderoga without firing a shot. The fort contained weapons for the british soilders.
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Washington is appointed general of the Colonial Army by Congress.
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Two day battle between the Americans and the British. Americans won in casualties while the British won the hill.
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Pamphlet that told of Englands wrongs and conviced many colonists that freedom from England.
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The colonies gain the support from King Louis XVI.
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Thomas Jefferson presents the rough draft of The Declaration of Independence to the continental congress. It states that the colonies want independence from England.
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Heavy losses on the American side when British capture fort Moultrie.
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Delegates from each colony sign The Declaration of Independence.
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British troops drive American soilders from Brooklyn and force the Colonial Army to give up New York
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Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane go to France in the hopes of getting more supplies, money, and soilders.
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Americans were able to draw off the British troops and escape to New Jersey, no clear winner.
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Geoge Washington crossed the Delaware River with his soilders and killed a group of Hessians. This was a huge morale booster for the American cause.
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American Troops surrounded the british soilders in the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut. WIn for the Americans.
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The Continental Congress decideds on a flag woven by Betsy Ross with 13 stripes and 13 stars.
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General Horatio Gates trapped General Burgoyne and his army and made them surrender. First big win for the Americans.
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This was a document that united the colonies against Great Britain. It also stated basic laws that they had to abide by. A mini Constitution.
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The British had captured Philidelphia and George Washington was forced to camp north in Valley Forge. They spent a long cold winter there.
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France signs a treaty of alliance with the colonies and the Revolution becomes a world war.
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Spain sustained great losses in the French and Indian War. They wanted revenge on England.
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Final battle of the Revolutionary War. George Washington and the french navy cornered General Cornwallis on the coast of Virginia.
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Lord North resigned from british prime minister. He was shamed at the defeat of britain.
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This was a prelude to the Treaty of Paris.
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A treaty of peace signed in Paris that said that England and the U.S were not at war.