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By fortying hills overlooking Boston, the Patriots hoped to drive the british from the seaport. To retake the hills they carried heavy packs and wearing red uniforms. The british marched uphill into a murderous fire from entrenched Patriots the british had won the battle.
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The british decided to attack New York city and cut off New England from the rest of the coloines. About 30,000 british and german troops crushed the continentals forced to retreat across New Jersey. Washington barely saved his army and the revolution by counterattacking on December, 26. He surprised more than 1,000 german merceraries.
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Washington inflicted heavey casualties on general Charles Cornwallis's troops at the battle of princeton. The patriots Won.
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Because the british promised to keep the colonists in the east. Native americans increased attacks on coonial settlements in 1777.
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In Peensylvania . washington 's army spent the harsh and hungry winter of 1777 to 1778 at valley Forge outside of philadelphia. The Soliders suffered from a lack of supplies and food,washongton reported to congress that nearly a third of his 10,000 soliders had no coats or shoes
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Burgoyne surrendered in october Saratogo suggested that the united states might just win the war. The Partriot vicrtory at saratogo encouraged france to recongnize American independence and to enter the war.
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at the battle of saratoga the patriots encouraged the french to reconginze american independance and to enter the war
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colonal george led the patriot militia in the fight against the Britsh. they took the settlements of kaskaskia and cahokia in the spring. By late summer, clarks 175 soldiers and their french settler allies had captured all the british posts in the areas that would become india and illinois.
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the british and native american allies reached vincennes and convinced many native americans to abandon their britsh allies, allowing the patriots to recover the fort.
