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French and Indian war ends
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Intolerable Acts
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Book of war American Revolution
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Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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The first Continental Congress resolves
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Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia
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Patrick Henry's speech
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Paul Revere and William Dawes
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Minutemen fight at Lexingto and Concord
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Washington Commander in Chief
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Washington assumes command of the Continental Army
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Gen. Montgomery occupy Montreal
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Patriots capture Great Canebrake, SC
Col. Thomson with 1,500 rangers and militia capture Loyalists at Great Canebrake, SC. -
American forces fail to seize Quebec
American forces under Gen. Benedict Arnold fail to seize Quebec -
Common Sense published
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Continental fleet captures New Providence Island in the Bahamas
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The Virginia Declaration of Rights
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Continental fleet defeat British navy at Fort Moultrie, SC
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First Virginia Constition
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Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence
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The Declaration of Independence is published and read publicly
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Declaration of Independence is read publicly
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Gen. Washington defeated in Battle of Long Island
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British occupy New York City
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Hessians capture Fort Washington, NY
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Lord Cornwallis captures Fort Lee
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Washington crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton
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Washington victorious at Princeton
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Gen. St. Clair surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to British
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Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia
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Brandywine, Pennsylvania battle won by British
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Paoli Massacre, PA
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British occupy Philadelphia
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American defeat at Germantown
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British Gen. Burgyne surrender to American Gen. Gates at Saratoga, NY
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Hessian's attack on Fort Mercer, NJ repulsed
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British capture of Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
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Washington sets up winter HQ in Valley Forge
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United States sign the French Alliance with France
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Washington leaves Valley Forge
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British occupation of Savannah, Georga begins
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Spain declares war on Great Britain
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Fairfield, CT burned by British
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John Paul Jones captures British Serapis
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British capture Charleston, SC worst defeat for Americans
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Benedict Arnold's plans to cede West Point to the British
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Articles of Confederation adopted
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Lord Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, VA
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America and Britain sign Treaty of Paris
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U.S. Constitution signed