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Second Continental Congress begins Meeting
This meeting discused the Continental army. -
Common Sence
Written by Thomas Paine. This made the colonists want to become free from Britian. It was written before the Declaration. -
British Retreat from Boston
The colonists surrounded the British with connons and forced the British to leave. -
Declaration of Independence
America became free from from Britian. This was America's birth certificate. -
The American Crisis
This was also written by Thomas Paine. It was written after Common Sence. -
Battle of long Island
One of the battles in New York that force the colonists the leave New York. -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington put a suprise attack on the Hessians. About 900 Hessians were captured. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
Valley Forge
This was the colonist camp. There was no blankets and no food. The army sufford.