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Women often followed their husbands in the Continental Army. these women, known as camp followers often tended to the domestic side of army organization, washing, cooking, mending clothes, and providing medical help when necessary, sometimes they were flung into the vortex of battle.

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The Boston tea party which occurred on December 16, 1773 and was known to contemporaries as the Destruction of the tea was a direst response to British taxation policies in the North American colonies

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress (1774)

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The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress (1774)

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In the spring of 1774 the British Parliament passed the coercive Acts,Which quickly became known in the North American colonies as Intolerable Acts.

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In February 1775, British Parliament declared the colony of Massachusetts was in a state of rebellion

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The Second Continental Congress/The Declartion of Independence (1776)

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The Second Continental Congress/The Declartion of Independence (1776)

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On July 4 1776, the Congress took momentous step and issued the Declartion of idependence .Although the delegates were partly motivated by the Necessity of securing foriegn allies particlarly the French to assist with the war effort against Britain many of them also understood that the time for negotations was over nothing short of full independence would suffice Thomas Jefferson composed the first draft of the Declaration which was then edited by the other delegates to produce the final version that was aproved on July 4.

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The American Victory at the battle of Saratoga(1777)

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The American Victory at the battle of Saratoga(1777)

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Is a turning point in the war, leading to support for the American cause.

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France enters the war on the side of the Americans

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The  British defeat at Yorktown is the beginning of the end, leading to peace negotiations.

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The United States and Great Britain(1783)

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The United States and Great Britain(1783)

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The United States and Great Britain end the war with the Treaty of Paris.

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The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris (1784)

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The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris (1784)

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The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14 1784 officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation.

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The Revolutionary War (1775) also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the british crown.