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Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the revloutionary war. It only lasted 15 minutes but lots of lives were killed in that amount of time.
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Concord was 5 miles short from Lexington, Massachusetts. British marched up to Concord and fought a big fight. About 3,000 and 4,000 minutemen fought back. After the amount of British dying, the British left back to Boston.
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British general Thomas Gage decided to strike at the militiamen on Breed's hill
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Valley Forge and Saratoga battled. Saratoga surrendered. Saratoga turned out to be one of the most eventful of the war.
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It was a cold frozen winter when the American Troops made a difference. Captain Friedrich von Steuben helped train the continental aremy. In 1779 Lafayette led a command in Virginia.
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More than 2,000 soldiers died due to the battle in Paris.
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Contential major wrote in his diary how that day will become very important in history.
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17,000 French and American troops surrounded the British. They began persisted day and night until October 19 Cornallis finally surrendered.
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Delegates signed the Treaty of Paris which resoluted in confirmation of the U.S. independence.