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The Revolutionary Era
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The French-Indian War
The war fought between the French and the British for control over North America. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The king forbade colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mt. with this new law. -
Battle of Long Island
a British fleet of 500 ships and 35,000 armed men appeared off New York in 1775; George Washington could only get 18,000 ill-trained troops together; 1400 Americans killed; Washington barely escaped to Manhattan Island, and kept retreated northward to the Delaware River, the British close behind -
The Siege of Yorktown
Washington crosses the Delaware river and leads a surprise attack on a British camp -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War -
Battle of Monmouth
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Valley Forge
the site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army