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December 21, 1734, O.S. (January 1, 1735, N.S.) – May 10, 1818[N 1]) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride" (1861).
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Battle at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
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The American Revolutionary War started in 1775-1783
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Battle of Bunker Hill, Massachusetts.
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On July 4, 1776, it formally declares a revolutionary war of independence from England.
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Washington crosses the Delaware
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The attack of Trenton, New Jersey.
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Washington's army established headquarters at Valley Forge.
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Patriots defeated a group of Loyalists at Kings Mountain, South Carolina.
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Charleston, South Carolina was captured by the British and
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The Treaty of Paris of 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War. American statesmen Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay negotiated the peace treaty with Great Britain.
