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  stamp act
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  virginian resolution
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  continential congress
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  colonists gain support of france
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  france provides covert aid to the americans
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  sighning of the declaration of independance
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  battle of long island
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  battle of white plains
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  battle of combahee river
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  yorktown
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  French and British battle- British General Cornwalis surrenders
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  the treaty of paris
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  the united states
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  constitutional convention