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starting of the American Revolution
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warned the colonies that "the British are coming"
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William says "don't fire until you see the whites of my eye"
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The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
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The Continental army under George Washington spends the winter training at Valley Forge.
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The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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Defined the official government of the United States.
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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.
