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the revolutionary war starts and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to tell 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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Major battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes".
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George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
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he Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga.
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The Continental army under George Washington spends the winter training at Valley Forge.
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France recognized the United States as an independent country with the Treaty of Alliance.
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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
