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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge.
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it took the momentous step of declaring America's independence from Britain.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
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During the American Revolutionary War, Patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada.
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Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in advocating independence from Great Britain for people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. While perhaps true, Franklin also hoped to convince the French to supply the colonists with aid.
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The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War, which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.
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Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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The Battle of Paoli was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought in the area surrounding present-day Malvern, Pennsylvania.
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The Battle of Paoli was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought in the area surrounding present-day Malvern, Pennsylvania.
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Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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Valley forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. In September 1777, Congress fled Philadelphia to escape the British capture of the city.
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Valley forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. In September 1777, Congress fled Philadelphia to escape the British capture of the city.