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A document adopted by Congress on July 5th, 1775, was sent to the British king as a last attempt to prevent an official war from being declared. 

When the petition was returned, the King rejected the notion, making it clear that war was the only option. This signaled to the colonies that it was finally time to start fighting for independence, and gave them a full reason to wage the war 

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 Common Sense is a 42-page pamphlet that outlines the American reason for separating from Britain and becoming an independent nation.  

Thomas Paine’s Common sense was written in laymen's terms, enabling the entire population to access and be able to read the text. This pamphlet sparked the spirit for independence in many Americans and began the pull towards a war for independence in the colonies. 

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A document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.

The Declaration of Independence solidified the notion that the American Colonies were officially declaring their independence from Great Britain and fully accepting their mission to separate from the Monarchy. The declaration became the “creed” of America, laying the foundation for law and life. 

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 The Battle of Saratoga occurred from September to October in 1777 in the second year of the American Revolution. The colonists won the battle despite their lack of training and the great disadvantage with how many soldiers they had compared to the British. 

The battle was a turning point in the American Revolution. It demonstrated the strength of the Americans and in turn, gave the Patriots a major morale boost. This demonstration of strength also persuaded the French to join their cause.

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 A proclamation made by the British that all slaves were guaranteed their freedom if they joined the British military against the Colonists. 

This gave slaves a purpose to leave their colonist owners (who were most likely loyalists) in the South to join the British army, gaining their freedom in the process. This gave the British more numbers in battle and helped them build up their military at a time where they were begging in to get desperate to end the long, drawn-out war with the colonies. 

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The final battle was fought in Yorktown between the Colonies and Britain over the independence of the colonies.

The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution, in which the British surrendered and later started to talk about peace deals with the American colonies in order to end the war. After this battle, the British lost most of their support at home and had no reason to continue to fight the colonies over their independence. They realized they would never succeed to capture all 13 colonies in the amount of time that they had originally planned.

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 A treaty that was signed by Great Britain and the American colonies ending the American Revolutionary war in Paris, France, on September 3, 1783. 

The Treaty of Paris marked the official end of the American Revolutionary war. In the document, the British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States. This doubled the size of the newly independent nation and paved the way for westward expansion. 

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