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Joseph Priestly discovers oxygen 1774, He emigrated to America when his vocal support for the American and French revolutions made remaining in his homeland untenable.
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England hires German mercenaries for war in North America 1775, to fight against the British.
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Declaration of independence 1776, wrote by Thomas Jefferson .
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Battle of Saratoga 1777, Americans won the battle also marked as a turning point
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Act of congress prohibits import on slaves 1778; Governor William Livingston of New Jersey demanded the legislature for slaves to be free
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Spain declares war on Brittan 1779; the Spanish governor raised the army
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Battle at Springfield 1780 N. J. General Clinton burns the town.
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British surrender at Yorktown 1781, Cornwallis marched north to Virginia his troops carried out though the state they nearly captured Governor Thomas Jefferson
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Even with the help of britian Spain completes conquest of Florida 1782,
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Treaty of Paris 1783, Great Britain realized the United States as an independent nation ending the revolutionary war.
