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The First meeting was in Philadelphia to resolve the conflict with the English.
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Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Most colonists remained neutral, while the Declaration of Independence ignored many colonists.
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British general decided to disarm the Boston Militia.
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They chose George Washington as the cammander for the Continental Army.
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More than 230,000 decided to join the Continental Army, while another 145,000 Americans joined militias. The British offered freedom to enslaved Africans who has fought for them.
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Agressive Patriots launched an attack on British settlements in Canada but were defeated in Quebec.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote a pamphlet that argued from breaking way from Britian. This made many colonists think it was the right time for right of independence.
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Declaration of Independence was drafted.
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The British drove the continental Army out of New York.
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George Washington beat the British in the Battle of Trenton, then he beat them in a battle of Princeton.
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George Clark captured British settlements and then convinced American Indians to stay out of the war.
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When the Americans attacked individual ships rather than fighting large battles, the American navy sank 200 British ships.
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After the southern army was defeated, the Patriots continued fighting using Guerrilla Warfare. But the army's morale took a blow in 1780 when Benedict Arnold turned traitor.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1783 officially ended the war. It then set the new nation's boundaries and forced the British to recongize the United States of America.
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Washington planned a combined American and French attack on Yorktown. After week-long siege, the British were defeated.
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Ended the American Revolutionary War.
