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A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, collected in Tales of a Wayside Inn. This popular poem about a hero of the American Revolution Paul Revere riding around telling Boston residents that british troops were coming. -
British regulars and American provincials,marking the beginning of the American Revolution.These were orders from London to suppress rebellious colonist. -
June 17,1775 The first major battle of the American revolution,fought in Charlestown during the siege of boston.even tho british won it was a pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause. -
English-American writer and political pamphleteer whose Common Sense pamphlet and Crisis papers were important influences on the American Revolution. Other works that contributed to his reputation as one of the greatest political propagandists in history were Rights of Man, a defense of the French Revolution and of republican principles.
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The declaration of independence was written by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776 after he was chosen for his writing skills.The document gave reason for independence in Britain, and the natural rights and social contract saying all man are equal, but a dominant assertion of independance from British rule. -
George Washington and his army cross a icy river in Delaware for a surprise dawn attack on the british at Trenton, New Jersey on December 25, 1776 -
a series of engagements won by continental army against Hessian and british forces in New Jersey.This battle lasted 9 days and was noted as one of the first successes of George Washington
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A British military campaign during the revolutionary war designed to gain control of Philadelphia ,eventually british would win the war and take over the American capital of Philadelphia
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The Battle of Saratoga was considered a turning point of the war in favour of the Americans ,this lifted morale and bettered the chance of independence and get foreign support to win the war.
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Valley forge in the american revolution Pennsylvania encampment grounds of the continental army under gen.George Washington from December 19,1777, to June 19,1778, a period that marked the triumph of morale of military.Washington led 11,000 regulars to take up Winter quarters at valley forge.
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The Battle of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, and led to the surrender of General Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army.
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A Treaty to conclude the Spanish-American War, singed by the representatives of Spain and the United States on December 10,1989.Most importantly forcing spain to cede Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States.