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Second Continental Congress Meets
Managed the Colonial War effort and moved towards independence adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 -
Olive Branch Petition Sent
The attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolution -
Common Sense Pamphlet
Written to advocate independence from Great Britain to the people of the Thirteen Colonies -
Declaration of Independence
Its a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress that stated that the Thirteen Colonies will be independent from Great Britain -
Battle of New York
First major battle of the American Revolutionary War after US declared their independence -
Battle of Trenton
A small battle during the American Revolutionary War -
Valley Forge
Served as quarters for the American army in one winter of the Revolutionary War -
Battle of Saratoga
A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state. Benedict Arnold, who had not yet turned traitor, was a leader of the American offensive, which forced the surrender of British troops under General John Burgoyne. -
Battle of Yorktown
The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. There the British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to General George Washington -
Fight for Philadelphia
Howe and Cornwallis went for the attack on Washington flanking Washington and taking Philadelphia in the Battle of Brandywine Creek -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.
