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Common Sense
Thomas paine, He was a Patriot and American soldier whose main contribution was in writing. His pamphlets, including Common Sense and The Crisis, inflamed the American population and furthered the Revolutionary cause.Thomas Paine Common Sense puished 1/15.
Patriot triumph at Moore's Creek, NC 2/27.
Continental fleet captures New Providence Island in the Bahamas 3/3.
The British evacuate Boston 3/17.
Richard Henry Lee proposes Independence 6/7.
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Dclaration Of Independence
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them. -
Crossing Delaware
Washington Crosses the Delaware,1776.December 1776 was a sad and harsh time for George Washington and the American Revolution. The ragtag Continental Army was encamped along the Pennsylvania shore of the Delaware River exhausted, demoralized and uncertain of its future.During the night of December 25, Washington led his soilders across the ice-swollen Delaware about 9 miles north of Trenton. The weather was horrendous and the river treacherous. Raging winds combined with snow. -
Retreat From New York
"Battle of New York" redirects here. For the fictional battle, see The Avengers 2012 movie.
New York and New Jersey campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
July 1776 – March 1777,place, NewYork and NewJersey,what
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New York: British gain control of New York City, British victory
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Help From Overseas
.In the fall of 1777, General George Washington's Continental Army moved south from New Jersey to defend the capital of Philadelphia from the advancing forces of General William Howe. Clashing at Brandywine on September 11, Washington was decisively defeated, leading the Continental Congress to flee the city. -
The Battle Of Saratoga
Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. Though his soilders powers had been lost they were not that powerful anymore, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th. -
Final Battle Of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major engagement of the American Revolution (1775-1783) and was fought September 28 to October 19, 1781.Armies & Commanders:American and French,General George Washington,Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau,8,800 Americans,7,800 French BritishLieutenant General Lord Charles Cornwallis, 7,500 soilders. -
Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, they made between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to offer a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens. Laurens, it was still taken by British warship and held in the tower of london.
