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He did this to warn Patriots Samuel Adams and John Hancock that 700 British troops were marching to Concord.
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British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists' military supplies and arrest revolutionaries.
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A battle at Bunker Hill that the British won, but many of their troops were injured or killed.
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A declaration signed by them thirteen colonies giving them independence.
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Washington crossed the Delaware River.
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A battle that was the climax of the Saratogs that the Americans won.
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The six-month encampment of George Washington's Continental Army at Valley Forge, a major turning point in the Revolutionary War. This defeat led some members of Congress to believe that Washington was incompetent.
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George Washington lead 17,000 French and Continental troops against 9,000 British troops at Yorktown. Often referred to as the most important battle in the revolutionary war.