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Second Continental Congress; Washington named Continental army leader. Battles of Lexington and Concord. Colonists win.
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Battle of Long Island, NY, British win
Battle of Trenton, NJ, Colonists win
Benjamin Franklin to Paris, France -
Battle of Saratoga, NY, Colonists win
British capture Philadelphia, PA -
Winter at Valley Forge, PA
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British captured Savannah, GA
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John Dickinson is appointed to be a delegate for Delaware to the Continental Congress
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British capture Charleston, SC
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Battle of Yorktown, VA Colonist win
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Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance, recommends to U.S. Congress the establishment of decimal coinage and a national mint
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Treaty of Paris ends the war, The colonists win
