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as the leaves were just changing color in october 1774 the colonies were experiencing a lot of trouble because of unfair taxation
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the night before the outbreak of the revolutionary war the steeple of this boston church glowed with the light if two lanters. the lights were a signal to the patriots that british troops known as ''redcoats' were coming to search
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a few weeks after the outbreak of war,representatives from the thirteen colonies formed the second continental congress that would serve as an emergency government throughhout the war
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the battle of bunker hill was the second andthe bloodiest battle if revolutionar war.it started after american militiamen construsted a crude dirt fort at night atop a hill in charles town overlooking bostons harbor.
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with the arrival of summer in 1776thomas jefferson and othermembers of special congressional committee were busy at work writing the decleration of independence,americas most famous historicaldocuument
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many americans were just learning that independence had been declared when war broke out in new york and spread to new jersey and pennsylvania.
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two months after the fighting at saratoga,washington began to set up his winter encampment here at valley forge,pennsylvania, about a days ride from philedelphia
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in the summer after walley forge the british under took a mejor military camping in the southern state were alot ofpeoples were against independence
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the year if 1779 as well as most of 1780 were very ... for the united states because they suffered a string of bitter defeats in the south
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by october of 1781 a large force ofbritish troops led general cornwallis had reached yorktown virginia