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Provincial Congress
each colony had established a Provincial Congress or an equivalent governmental institution to govern itself, but still recognized the British Crown and their inclusion in the empire. -
United States Declaration of Independence.
when Thomas Jefferson wrote and the Congress unanimously approved the United States Declaration of Independence. -
capture the revolutionary capital at Philadelphia
The British would capture the revolutionary capital at Philadelphia in 1777, but Congress escaped, and the British withdrew a few months later. -
Saratoga
After a British army was captured by the American army at Saratoga, the French balanced naval power by entering the war in as allies of the United States. -
United States Bill of Rights
comprised the first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing many "natural rights" that were influential in justifying the revolution, and attempted to balance a strong national government with strong state governments and broad personal liberties.