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Chapter 6: The American People and the American Revolution |
1775 Second Continental Congress Creates Continental Army
Battle of Bunker Hill
1776 Publication of Common Sense
British troops evacuate Boston but occupy New York City
Declaration of Independence
American retreat: Washington moves through New Jersey into Pennsylvania
Battle of Trenton: Washington counterattacks
1777 British summer drive to occupy Philadelphia
Battles of Brandywine Creek, Germantown: Continentals are defeated twice
Battle of Saratoga: a major rebel victory
Continental Army encamps for winter at Valley Forge
1778 France allies with Americans
British shift focus to the South: Savannah falls
1780 British occupy Charleston
Battle King’s Mountain, South Carolina: rebel victory
Nathanael Greene takes southern command
1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
1783 Treaty of Paris: Britain recognizes the United States as an independent nation
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