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common sense
in 1776 thomas paine wrote common sense to convince the colonist to want independence and the pamphlet was a success more people wanted independence some just didnt care -
declaration of independence
It was created so people can have equal rights and rules to follow . the preamble is the intro to the document . the first section states natural rights that everyone has at birth . the second section states a list of greiviances or british wrongs . the third section states free and independent states . the impact of the declaration was that it changed the nature of the revolution. they fought for a new nation . -
crossing the deleware
the americans went to the town of trenton and they had to cross the deleware river . the hessians were mercanaries guarding the town . the americans had been victorious . -
the battle of saratoga
the british goals were to cut off new england from the rest of the colonies . their plans were to surround new england and fight off the americans after taking them on by suprise on their way there . -
valley forge winter
valley forge is in pennsylvania where washington and his troops stayed for winter . british were camped in philedelphia . the conditions in valley forge were terrible the winter was cruel and lots of men got sick they didnt have a sufficient amount of clothing or food . -
help from overseas
they didnt know if the americans were able to defeat the british. france became the first to have an alliance with america . baron von steuben a military officer trauned washingtons army -
Brighter days
the patriots won the battle of kings mt. . a major general nathan greene known for a successful command forcing charles cornwallis to surrender . -
treaty of paris
the king didnt want to stop fighting but parliment voted for peace . they sent john adams and benjemin franklin as delegates . thefrench soon after wanted freedom and got it .
