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The first shot was fired in Lexington Massachusetts, April 19th 1775 -
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17 June: Battle of Bunker Hill The first major battle of the War of Independence. -
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On Christmas day 1776 Washington lad his army. -
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The winter of 1777 a quartar of Washingtons troops died at Valleyforce Pennsylvania -
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1780 16 August: US Defeat at battle of Camden -
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1781, the battle of Yorktown, Virginia, American and French forces -
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1781 1 March: Ratification of the Articles of Confederation -
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5 September: Battle of the Capes, denying British reinforcements or evacuation. -
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1782 5 March: British Government authorizes peace negotiations. -
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The war ended in 1783