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american revolution

By nataliebelli
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    causes

    -1770: Boston Massacre
    -1773: Coercive Acts
    -1774: First Continental Congress
  • 1775

    1775

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Franklin
    John Adams
    Jefferson
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    Turning point

    -1777/78: First battle of Saratoga
    Second battle of Saratoga
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    1779-81

    -Defection of General Benedict Arnold
    -1779: British occupied Georgia
    -1780: Charleston
    -1781: victory against British force at Cowpens, South Carolina
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    -1781: Benjamin Lincoln accepted the British surrender
  • Independence of the United States

    Independence of the United States

    Great Britain recognized the independence of the united states in the Treaty of Paris