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The Americans appointed Washington as commander of Continental Congress. These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War
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Battles of Saratoga convince Europeans that America win the war
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France enters the war and sides on the American side.
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American frontier soldiers take a British fort in which is now Indiana.
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While moving to the South, the British capture Charles Town.
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In the war's last big battle, the Americans and French defeat the British at Yorktown
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The Treaty of Paris ends the war.