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Minutemen and redcoats battle, "the shots heard around the world"
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The 1775 battle of Lexington and Concord "shot heard around the world" to the ratifying of the preliminary peace treaty in 1783.
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Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga
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The British force the Americans to retreat from Breeds Hill.
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The Americans, led by Benedict Arnold, fail to take Quebec.
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Patriots drive loyalists from Moore's creek bridge, NC.
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Delegates begin to sign the Decleration of Independance.
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George Washington, Israel Putnam, and Nathanael Greene held their ground at the battle of Harlem Heights.
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Benedict Arnold is defeated by the British, but he delayed their advances.
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Nathanael Greene lost Fort Lee to Lord Cornwallis.
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George Washington crosses the Deleware and takes Trenton from the Hessians.
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Benedict Arnold forces the British retreat from Ridgefied, Conneticut.
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American militia victorious at the battle of Bennington.
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The British win the battle of Brandywine.
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Burgoyne (British) surrenders to General Gates at the battle of Saratoga, NY.
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The British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
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The Americans and the French sign the French Alliance.
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The battle ends in a draw.
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Patriots defeat the loyalists at Kettle Creek, GA.
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Anthony Wayne (American) captures Stony Point NY.
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The British capture Charleston SC.
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The British defeat the Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC.
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The Americans defeat Patrick Ferguson and one third of General Cornwallis's army.
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The Americans recapture Augusta GA.
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Cornwallis is surrouned on land and sea by the French and Americans, he surrenders.
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The British evacuate Savannah GA, the war is near its end.
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The Americans and British sign the Preliminary Articles of Peace.
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Congress ratifies the preliminary peace treaty.
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The Americans and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris.