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The decisive final major battle of the American Revolutionary War, leading to the surrender of British General Charles Cornwallis' army to the combined American and French forces led by George Washington
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A crucial messenger mission to alert colonial minutemen of the approaching British army before the battles of Lexington and Concord
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British troops marched to seize colonial military supplies and apprehend rebel leaders, but Patriot militias, alerted to the plan by riders like Paul Revere, resisted
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Colonial forces built defenses on Breed's Hill, surprising the British, who launched three costly attacks to dislodge them
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A multi-step process involving the Second Continental Congress, a drafting committee, and the Continental Congress itself
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A series of 13 essays published to inspire and encourage the Continental Army and the American colonists during the Revolutionary War
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Washington crossed the Delaware River so that his army could attack an isolated garrison of Hessian troops located at Trenton, New Jersey.
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After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton
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The British army marched into Philadelphia, beginning an occupation that lasted until the following spring
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A decisive American victory that ended the Saratoga Campaign and resulted in the surrender of British General John Burgoyne's entire army
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The harsh winter encampment of the Continental Army led by George Washington during the American Revolutionary War
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treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War