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| Second Continental Congress convenes |
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| May 1775: Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture _________ and _______ ______ |
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| Ticonderoga and Crown Point |
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| June 1775: The colonists seize ________ |
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| July 1775: Congress adopts _______ |
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| The Olive Branch Petition: professed loyalty to crown and begged king to prevent further hostilities |
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| August 1775; King George III ______ |
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| Rejected the Olive Branch Petition and declared the colonists in rebellion |
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| German mercenaries who were hired by King George III (the German princes needed the money) |
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| October 1775: The British burned _______ |
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| Falmouth (Portland), Maine |
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| Failed colonial assault on Quebec; General Richard Montgomery killed, Benedict Arnold retreats to St. Lawrence River |
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| January 1776: The British burned ______ |
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| Colonial victory at Moore's Creek Bridge, NC |
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| Colonial victory at Charleston harbor, SC |
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| Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" |
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| Richard Henry Lee (VA) presents resolution of independency |
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| Motion for independence adopted |
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| The Declaration of Independence is formally approved and signed by Congress |
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| Neutral colonists, neither Loyalist nor Patriot |
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| July 1776: British fleet arrives in _________ |
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| Washington surprises and captures the Hessians at Trenton, NJ |
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| Late 1777: Washington defeated at ______ and ______ |
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| Brandywine Creek and Germantown |
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| General Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga to Horatio Gates |
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| The French offered a treaty of alliance with the Americans |
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| 1779: _______ and _______ enter fight against Britain |
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| 1780: Catherine the Great organized the __________ |
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| June 1778: Washington attacks redcoats at __________ |
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| Summer 1780: French army under _____ arrived at ___________ |
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| Comte de Rochambeau; Newport, RI |
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| 1780: _________ turns traitor |
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| 1778-1779: The British overrun ________ |
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| 1780: _______ falls to the British |
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| 1780-1781: Colonists defeat British at ________ and _________ |
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| King's Mountain and Cowpens |
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| Carolina campaign of 1781 successfully led by ____________ |
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| 1784: Treaty of __________ |
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| 1778-1779: George Rogers Clark captures ____________ |
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| Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Vincennes |
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| Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown to Washington, Rochambeau, and de Grasse |
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| Treaty of Paris of ______ |
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