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Representatives from every colony exept Georgia gathered at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress.
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Patrick Henry gave his most famous speech, urging resistance to the acts of Parliment.
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About 700 British soldiers marched toward Lexington.
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Eight minutemen were dead and ten other were wounded.
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Representatives at the Second Continental Congress created the Continental Army and chose George Washington to lead it.
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One of the fiercest battles of the American Revolution took place north of Boston. This battle was known as the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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The First North Carolina Regiment was raised.
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After the Continental Navy was created, money was raised to pay for a dozen warships
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The first battle of the American Revolution in North Carolina took place at Moores Creek Bridge.
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More than 150 British ships sailed out of Boston Harbor headed for Canada.
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The British have been driven out of Boston.
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About six weeks after the victory at Moore's Creek Bridge a committee of Patriots met at Halifax, they made the very first call for Independence from Great Britain
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The Continental Congress declaired independence for the United States from Great Britain.
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The Provincial Congress adopted the North Carolina Constitution of 1776.
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Richard Caswell became North Carolina's first independent governer
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At the battle of Sarstoga, General Burgoyne's soldiers were beaten by the Patriots and he had to surrender.
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Two ships crashed into each other. It was called "Bonhomme" Richard commanded by John Paul Jones, and a British warship called the "Serapis."
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A battle between Partisans and Loyalists. It took place at Ramour's Mill
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The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Camden, in South Carolina.
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Lord Cornwallis set out from Camden for Charlotte.
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Ferguson was to rally Loyalist support, but he ran into the Over Mountain Men, and they killed Ferguson and 119 of his men. The rest were caputured or wounded.