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Concord
700 British troops were headed for Concord. -
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Lexington
The Battle of Lexington, lasted only 15 minutes -
Bunker Hill
Was the deadliest battle of the war. -
New York
British attempted to seize new york. -
Trenton
Washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-chocked delaware river. they then marched to Trenton and defeated garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack. -
Saratoga
General John Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga -
Valley Forge
A Winter camp in Philadelphia -
Marquis De Lafayette
A forein Military Leader -
Philadelphia
Morris and salomon raised funds from Philadelphias Quakers and Jews. -
Yorktown
The British General led his army 0f 7,500 onto the pininsula between the james and york rivers and camped at Yorktown -
Treaty Of Paris
confirmed U.S. independence and set the boundaries of the new nation.