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First Continental Congress calls for abolition of slave trade
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Battles of Lexington & Concord
Second Continental congress
Americans capture British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point
Battle of Bunker Hill
King George III formally proclaims colonies in rebellion
Failed invasion of Canada -
Philadelphia Quakers found world's first antislavery society
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Paine's Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Trenton -
New Jersey Constitutuion temporarily gives women the right to vot
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Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Sarahtoga -
Articles of Confederation Adopted by Second Continental Congress
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Formation of French-American alliance
Battle of Monmouth -
Clark's Victories in the West
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Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote
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Battle of King's Mountain
Battle of Cowpens
Greene leads Carolina campaign
French and Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown -
Articles of Confederation put into effect
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North's Ministry collapses in Britain
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Treaty of Paris
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Military Officers form Society of Cincinatti
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Treaty of Fort Stanwix
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Land of Ordinance of 1785
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Northwest Ordinance
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia -
Viginia Statute for Religious freedom
Shays Rebellion
Meeting of five stats to discuss revision of the Articles of Confederation -
Ratification by nine states gurantees a new government under the constitution