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Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, -
At Valley Forge, the Continental Army struggled to manage a disastrous supply crisis while retraining and reorganizing their units to mount successful counterattacks against the British. -
Benedict Arnold turned his back on his country in a secret meeting with a top British official. -
was a critical American victory in the Revolutionary War -
Her foremast soon collapsed and brought the mainmast down as well. After losing the masts and being badly damaged, the British ship surrendered -
American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the port city of Baltimore -
Andrew Jackson is elected as president -
the Battle of the Alamo commenced. The fighting lasted roughly 90 minutes, and by daybreak, all the Defenders had perished, including a former congressman from Tennessee, David Crockett -
they lose those countries to the U.S -
In that 37-minute contest, 8,392 British soldiers attacked 5,359 Americans with disastrous results -
Abraham Lincoln is Elected President -
South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union -
the first battle of the Civil War. -
the turning point of the Civil War. -
ts association with the final battle of the Civil War -
they think that the British sank the USS Maine so they go to war. -
It would be the first overseas war fought by the United States -
They adopt the Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem.