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hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache
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and by then the American Revolution had already begun
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The British undertook massive casualties to capture the strategic high-ground surrounding Boston Harbor. The Colonial Army was forced to retreat.
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patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) and General Richard Montgomery (1738-75) attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada.
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Thomas Paine published the 48-page pamphlet Common Sense.
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By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, 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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was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War
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was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War
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The scope of the victory is made clear by a few key facts: On October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms.
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After failing to retake Philadelphia, Washington led his 12,000-man army into winter quarters at Valley Forge, located approximately 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Philadelphia. They remained there for six months