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paul revere rides to warn the colonist that the british are coming
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The actual fighting starts with the first "shot heard around the world. The Americans win as the British retreat.
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The Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
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William Prescott told the American troops don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
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The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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George Washington and his soldiers cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
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The Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga.
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The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
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Treaty that officially ended the war.
