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Period: to
Lead-in To War
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British Troops Occupy Boston
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Passage of the Stamp Act
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Committees of Correspondence Established
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Britain Tries to Intimidate Massachusetts
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Britain Forms an Alliance with Patriot Slaves
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Period: to
Independence Declared
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War Breaks Out
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Battle of Bunker Hill: Americans Hold Their Own
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America Declares Its Independence
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Moores Creek: Loyalists Defeated
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South Carolinians Repel British Attempt to Take Charleston
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George Washington Crosses the Delaware River
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Campaign of 1777 & Battle of Saratoga: Britsh Setback
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Winter of Change for the Continental Army
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Period: to
War in the North
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France Enters the War Against Britain
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George Rogers Clark Attacks the British in Ohio Country
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Period: to
Southern Campaigns
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Guilford Courthouse: Costly British Victory
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Charleston Falls to the British
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Kings Mountain Victory Revives Patriot Hopes
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Ninety-Six: Longest Siege of the War
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Yorktown: Large British Army Surrenders
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Battle of Cowpens: American Tide Continues
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Loyalists Leave America
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Period: to
Aftermath
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Treaty of Paris Officially Ends the War
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American Victory Pushes Indians Farther West
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U.S. Constitution Replaces Articles of Confederation