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Colonial leaders made a call to Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia so that they can debate they next move. Delegates called for independence and others argued with Great Britain. Congress came to a agreement to recognize the colonial militia as a Continental army and as George Washington as their commander.
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On April 18th Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott went to go tell 700 British troops that they were headed towards Concord. They rang church bells and did gunshots to show that the British were coming. They reached Lexington the next day.
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The king's troops reached Lexington, just about 5 miles short of Concord. There was 70 minutemen drawn up in lines on the vilage green. Minutemen were ordered by the British commander to lay down on their arms and leave.
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There was a strike at minutemen because of British general Thomas Gage. 2,400 British soldiers were sent up hill. Colonist lost 450 men.
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British attempted to seize New York so it can stop the rebellion. They sailed into New York with 32,000 soldiers. Many of them came from German region of Hesse.
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Washington led 2,400 men across the Delaware River. They marched themselves into Trenton New Jersey. They defeated a surprise attack.
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Saratoga surrendered. This was one of the most important events during the war. Saratoga beliefs that americans could win the war.
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2,000 soldiers died. Letters to congress and friends were being made to Washington due to the suffering.
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American troops began a transformation. They helped train the continental army. Foreign leader Marquis de Lafayette led a command in Virgina in the lasy year of the war.
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Colonist continued to battle and camped out at Yorktown. Lafayette and Washington moved towards Yorktown because of Cornwallis's actions. By late September 17,000 American and French troops surrounded the British.
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The delegates signed the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty of Paris confirmed US independence and set boundaries of a new nation. The United States stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to the Florida border.