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By issuing the Declaration of Independence the 13 American colonies ended their political connection with Britain.
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The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War.
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Four of the states decided not to prefix a bill of rights to their newly founded republican constitutions: New Jersey (July 1776), Georgia (February 1777), New York (April 1777), and South Carolina (March 1778).
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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first written constitution of the United States.
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Fought eighteen days apart, and was a victory for the Continental Army and a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
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The British had captured Philadelphia, British General William Howe had made Philadelphia the seat of congress.
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Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's leader, General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War.
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Jefferson introduced a bill in the Virginia legislature banning the importation of slavery.
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Serapis was a Royal Navy two-decked ship. She was armed with 44 guns.
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Creating a factor alliance with the Americans. Spain's King Charles III would not consent to a treaty of alliance with the United States.
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A major engagement and major British victory by forcing surrender.
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General George Washington begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
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The British Crown recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion.
