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British under the command of General William Howe and American forces under Colonel William Prescott. The British attacked, they took the hill but suffered heavy losses.
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The first shots that were fired between the Americans and the British. The British marched there because the Americans had weapons there. They were marching on Concord and passed through Lexington.
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Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold lead the capture Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
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George Washington is appointed general and commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army.
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The American colonist gains support of France.
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Thomas Jefferson presents colonial leaders with the United States Declaration of Independence. Stating that The colonies are independent from British rule.
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Members of U.S. congress sign the Declaration of Independence.
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The British drove the Americans from Brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York.
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Congress appoint Jefferson, Franklin, and Silas Deane to negotiate European treaties. Franklin and Deane go to France seeking financial and military aid.
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The Americans were driven back but were enabled to draw off from the White Plain position and march into New Jersey while the British returned to Manhattan.
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American colonist under General Benedict Arnold defeat the British at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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The new Quartering Act allowed a governor to house soldiers in other buildings if quarters were not provided, but it did not have the provision in the previous act that soldiers be provided with provisions.
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France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the American Revolution.
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American Revolutionary War raid on the frontier settlement of Cobleskill, New York on May 30, 1778.
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Preliminary peace treaty signed in Paris recognising American independence and the British finally withdrawal from America.