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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Was the opening to the American Revolution.Thomas Gage, sought to avoid armed rebellion by sending a column of royal infantry from Boston to capture colonial military stores at Concord. News of his plan was dispatched to the countryside by Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott. As the advance column under Major John Pitcairn reached Lexington, they came upon a group of militia (the minutemen). After a brief exchange of shots in which several Americans were killed, and withdrew. -
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Common Sense
January. Thomas Paine's Common Sense published providing strong arguments for American independence. -
Benitic Arnold
April 27: American troops under Benedict Arnold defeat the British at Ridgefield, Connecticut -
Saaratog
October 7: American victory at Battle of Saratoga -
France's Treaty
February 6: France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the American Revolution soon becomes a world war. -
Spain
June 16: Spain declares war on England but no alliance with America -
Springfield
June 23: Battle of Springfield American victory -
Cowpens
January 17: American victory at Cowpens -
Shawnee Village
November 10: The final battle of the Revolutionary War when Americans retaliate by attacking a Shawnee village in Ohio -
Treaty of Paris
Finally, in February of 1783 George III issued his Proclamation of Cessation of Hostilities, culminating in the Peace Treaty of 1783. Signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, the agreement — also known as the Paris Peace Treaty — formally ended the United States War for Independence.
