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Timeline
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Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord "The shot heard 'round the world."
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George Washington named Commander in Chief
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Washington assumes command of the Continental Army
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Patriots fail to take Three Rivers, Quebec
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The First Virginia Constitution
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Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence.
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Redcoats defeat the George Washington's army in the Battle of Long Island. Washington's army escapes at night.