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Committees of Correspondance are etablished troughout the colonies to coordinate American response to British colonial policy. This represent an important move toward cooperation, mutual action, and the development of a national identity among Americans. -
The first shot of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The news of the bloodshed rockets along the eastern seaboard, and thousand of volunteers converge - called "Minute Men" - on Cambridge, Mass. These are the beginnings of the Continental Army. -
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