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Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, included eighty-six changes made later by John Adams and other people from his committee.
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Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing during the battle of Trenton.
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A state constitution is the governing document of a U.S. state.
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Gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress.
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Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first written constitution of the United States.
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Congress enacted a law to “prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States.
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General George Washington moved the Continental Army to their winter quarters at Valley Forge.
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Jones took command of the Bonhomme Richard and sailed around the British Isles.
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Creating a de facto alliance with the Americans.
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Clinton, Prevost, and General Charles Lord Cornwallis.
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the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia.
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The British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east.
