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The purpose of Paul Revere's ride "was to race to Concord to warn Patriots Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops - 700 of them - were marching to Concord to arrest them."
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"The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War." The Americans won the battle
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Early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
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"It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. People in the colonies were unhappy that they did not have a say in their government and still had to pay taxes. ... A group of men came together in the summer of 1776 to find ways to become independent from Great Britain." This is the meaning of the Fourth of July holiday.
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The Washington's Crossing was when George Washington crossed the Delaware River, during the Revolutionary War. They were crossing to surprise attack on the British.
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The Battle of Saratoga was a very crucial victory for the patriots during the American Revolution, which brought it to be the turning point in the Revolutionary War.
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"The six-month encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 177-1778 was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War."
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"After three weeks of non-stop bombardment, both day and night, from cannon and artillery, Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown."