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"Give me Liberty or give me death" Speech
credited with having swung the balance in convincing the Virginia House of Burgesses to pass a resolution delivering the Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. -
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American Revolution
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Lexington and Concord
These two battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies on the mainland of British America. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
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"Common Sense"
inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
was adopted and in finalization of becoming independent from the british -
Battle of Saratoga
marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Valley Forge
site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War.
