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Minutemen awaited the arrival of British Soldiers in Lexington.
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The Second Continental Congress met in the Pennsylvania State House.
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George Washington was asked to be Commander in Chief of the New Continental Army.
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General George Washington made his head quarters at Cambridge Massachusetts.
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The Signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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A peace conference was held on Staten Island to talk about King George III and the American Revolution.
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George Washington crossed the Delaware River.
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Major battles were fought at Brandywine and Germantown. After much discussion the Second Continental Congress adopted The Articles of Confederation.During the unusually harsh 1777 winter. British soldiers slept and dined comfortably in Philadelphia homes.
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The main British army finally surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia.
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Delegates met in Paris, France to sign the Treaty of Paris.The Treaty of Paris offcially ended the Revolutionary War . John Adams , Ben Franklin , and John Jay signed the Treaty of Paris.
