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  [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War)
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  May 10 The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
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  Dec. 22 Col. Thomson with 1,500 rangers and militia capture Loyalists at Great Canebrake, SC
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  [www.history.com/topics/american-revolution](www.history.com/topics/american-revolution)Aug. 23 British withdraw from Fort Stanwix, NY, upon hearing of Benedict Arnold's approach
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  May 29 British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC
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  Sept. 15 French fleet drives British naval force from Chesapeake Bay
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