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The conflict with the English is trying to be resolved. The Continental Congress meet in Philidephia to discuss -
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Colonists had to choose sides. Patriots fought for independence. Loyalists went to the colonies. -
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The Boston militia group, MInutemen, were disarmed by a British general. The two groups started fighting, and the Revolutionary war began. -
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The second Continental Congress met in Philidelphia, with representatives from 12 different colonies, and chose George Washington to be the leader of the Continental Army. -
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Colonel Benedict, Arnold, and Ethan Allen took Fort Ticonderoga in New York while the Continental Congress was meeting. The British tried taking Boston, but George Washington made them leave. -
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British had more money, resources, and a better military. Whatever the British had, the Colonists lacked -
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George Washington had to build Continental Army. Over 200,000 served. THe Army allowed African Americans to join. Women were in charge of farms, and businesses, Husbands raised money for supplies. -
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Patriots attacked British in Quebec, but were defeated. -
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Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called the Common Sense. The pamphlet convinced Colonists that the time was right
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With the help of others, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. The document contained three ideas, that included, Colonists had the right to break away from Great Britain -
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On this date, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. -
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British drove Continental Army out of New York -
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George Washington surprised the British with a win at Trenton, and then won at Princeton -
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France, and Spain agreed to help the Americans after British lost at the battlle of saratoga -
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George Rogers Clark, built a frontier Army while fighting British. He captured British settlements, and convinced American Indians to stay out of war. -
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The American navy sank 200 British ships, with fewer than 100 of their own. bonhomme v Serpais. -
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in 1780, Benedict Arnold turned traitor. -
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The treaty of Paris ended war. Setting Nation's new boundaries -
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George Washington planned an american, French attack on Yorktown. The British were defeated after a week long siege.
