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Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense a pamplet that speaks of the freedom Americans should have
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The Declaration of Independence is signed at the Second Continental Congress
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Benedict Arnold and the Amercan troops defeat British at Ridgefield Connecticut
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An American falg displaying 13 stripes and stars becomes the symbol of the United States
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Americans asked for a cease fire in exchange for rights and the ending of the Intolerable Acts
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The U.S. adopts the Articles of Confederation as their government
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France recognises American independence
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John Adams is apointed by cogress to delegate peace with England
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American forces defeat the British at the Battle of Springfield
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Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
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Massachusetts Abolishes slavery
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Treaty in Paris formally ending the Revolutionary War
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Daniel Shays leads a group of people in Massachusetts agaist the high taxes
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Americans try to deal with the severe economic drepression after the war
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Henry Knox is authorized to raise an army after Shay's men arrived and Springfield was undefended.
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Shay leads a group of men to march on Springfield
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Adoption of the American Constitution
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Sam Adams and John Hancock and the people of Massechusetts favor the decentrelized system of government, only give their vote after the consitution has been changed.
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This is the Year the Rhode Island became a state in America
