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Spark - The Battles of Lexington and Concord
History.com-Battles of Lexington and Concord British troops marched into lexington on April 18th, 1775. The first battle of the revolutionary war, and the place where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired. 240 british soldiers fought against 70 minutemen in lexington, where the patriots retreated. Then, th troops moved on to concord whrere they were intercepted by Colonial militas, who killed 125 soldiers #spark -
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The American Revolution
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First - Battle of Bunker Hill
UShistory.org Although the patriots lost, this is not the lowest point in their fight for freedom. Using the hill as their vantage point, they fought against (and were outnumbered by) the redcoats, but they didn't go down without a fight. #white of their eyes. -
Low point - Valley Forge
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/ No battle was truly fought here, but it was considered the low point due to the low morale of the soldiers. Luckily, Thomas Paine's words helped empower the soldiers, and helped them push on towards their next battle. #gotsocks -
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Turning point - Saratoga
http://www.ushistory.org/us/11g.asp The battle of Saratoga was fought and won by the Patriots and revitalized their morale and spurred them back into a frenzy for freedom. #downbutnotout -
Government - Articles of Confederation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/articles-of-confederation-are-ratified The Articles of Confederation were the colonie's first attempts at making an organized system of government. This plan cleanly and quietly failed due to the relaxed demeanor of the laws, and especially because every state could make their own form of currency (and their were probably no exchange rates). #socloseyetsofa -
last - Yorktown
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins The battle of Yorktown was the final battle in the revolutionary war. 17,000 french and colonial troops marched to siege 9000 british troops lead by general lord harles Cornwallis. In the end they won, and the war was over. #'Murica -
Resolution - Treaty of Paris 1783
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/treaty-of-paris-signed The treaty of Paris stated that Britain formally recognized America as 13 states, independant from Britain's rule. The new boundaries for the soon-to-be country were from Florida to the Great lakes to the Atlantic coast west of the Mississippi. #dealwithitBritain
