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Revere's Midnight Ride was a mission to warn colonial militia about a British troop who was coming to try and take military supplies and capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. Paul was one out of three riders and was one of the two who was captured before reaching Concord. Samuel Prescott was the only rider who managed to warn the town of Concord.
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First battle of the American Revolution, we got the jump on the British army which resulted in heavy casualties on their end and adding to the colonists resolve to fight
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Bloody battle where the Colonial army fought tooth and nail against the British for control over the peninsula of Charleston
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A document written with the intent to be a formal severing of the ties with Great Britain. While various people had a hand in writing it, it was primarily penned by Thomas Jefferson
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to be read to defeated and struggling colonial troops before they crossed the Delaware River
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George Washington army's crossing of a cold as death river on Christmas night to launch a surprise attack of the Hassan troops in Trenton, NJ
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A turning point in the colonists battle against Britain, proving that it was possible for them to win against the, at the time, most powerful army in the world
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Two battles that ended the "Saratoga" comparing and made General John Borgoyne of Britiains entire army surrender, and started the very necessary alliance of France and the colonists
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A substantial loss to the American Army. The British captured the colonial capital of Philadelphia
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The winter of 177 was terrible for the colonial army. There was an immense shortage of everything. Food, clothing, war supplies, and even fresh water was scarce