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The delegates from the 13 colonies in Philadelphia succeeded the First Continental Congress
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The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
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The British undertook casualties when they attempted to capture the strategic high-ground surrounding Boston Harbor
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An attempt for the American military to gain control of the British Province of Quebec
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Thomas Paine advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 colonies
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The 13 colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain
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The Hessian Army was crushed in Washington’s raid and Americans were invigorated by the easy defeat of the British Hessian forces
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The turning point in the Revolutionary War when John Burgoyne surrendered 5,000 British and Hessian troops to General Horatio Gates
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A rallying cry for the Americans against the British atrocities for the rest of the Revolutionary War
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A testing of the mettle of George Washington and his troops and paving the way for their ultimate victory in the war for American Independence