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Thomas Paine's Common Sense published anonymously in Philadelphia
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1776 4 July Continental Congress issues the Declaration of Independence
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Dec. 26 Washington crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton from Hessians
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Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
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Sept. 3 The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
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Shays’s Rebellion
Massachusetts rebellion led by the Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays against high taxes. -
U.S. presidential election, 1792: George Washington reelected president, John Adams vice president
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Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
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New Jersey abolishes slavery
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British troops burn Washington, D.C. but are forced back at Baltimore