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The King’s troops were called redcoats because of their uniforms; reached lexington massachusetts April 19th 1775
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April 19, 1775 General thomas gage ordered troops to march from boston to nearby concord massachusetts and seize illegal taxes.
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May 1775 colonial leaders called the second continental congress in philadelphia to debate their next move.
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June 17 1775 Gage decided to strike at militiamen on breed's hill, north of the city near bunker hill.
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1776 washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked delaware river. Then they marched to their objective trenton NJ and defeated garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack.
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In the august 26 of 1776 british tried to seize NYC to stop the people who rebelled against them. With 32,000 soldiers.
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American troops were surrounded, and they surrendered on october 7, 1777.
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1778 February 8th Desperately low on food and supplies fought to stay alive at winter camp in valley forge Pennsylvania, more than 2,000 soldiers died.
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Other foreign military leaders such as Marquis de Lafayette, also arrived to help train the american troops in 1779.
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In 1781 cornwallis led his army of 7,500 onto the peninsula between the james and york rivers and camped at yorktown.
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In september 1783, the delegates signed the treaty of paris, which confirmed U.S. independence and set the boundaries of the new nation.
