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No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve.... -
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was summoned by Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston and given the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that regular troops were about to march into the countryside northwest of Boston.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Britain's General Gage had a secret plan.
During the wee hours of April 19, 1775, he would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations were LEXINGTON, where they would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then CONCORD, where they would seize gunpowder.
But spies and friends of the Americans leaked word of Gage's plan.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html he Second Continental Congress, the de facto governing body of the United Colonies (soon to be the United States) during the American Revolution, created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and appointed George Washington as General and Commander-in-Chief the next day.
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https://www.landofthebrave.info/battle-of-bunker-hill.htm in June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html The congress secretly meets to talk about the problems accruing.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Patriots decisively defeat the British Navy at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html The Declaration of Independence is read publicly.
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https://www.nps.gov/vafo/learn/historyculture/upload/Philadelphia%20Campaign.pdf British under Howe occupy Philadelphia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Princeton Washington victorious at Princeton
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Many die during the awful winter.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html During this period the patraits were trained and turned into real soldiers.
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ttps://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/800529-waxhaws/ British crush Americans at Wax haw Creek, SC
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Americans recapture Augusta, GA
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html British and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html After peace British leave New York
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https://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786 After the war they did not want a king and turned to thier Genral
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https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=6 he Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html The document is sighed and followed even now.
