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1753-1763 1764spring tax sugar stamp act 1765 1768 british collect tax k5 w6 dec 16 1773 bostoner tea threw harbor 1774 intolorable act patrick henry "give me liberty or death" 700 soldiers ap191775 273db 95dp june71775 1200 2200 may 1775 seize fort ticonedroga henry knox british evacuate march 17 1776 12/13 colonies delegate john han<o<k virginia congressman = george washington volunteers continental army=disciplined organized items=waterbottle,musket,|>ullet bag,9unpowder,|<nife 15-20%=loyal to british ny=50%loyaltobritish80kloyalistexile fort ticonedroga may1775 d311775 montgomery gone june1776 thomasjefferson 80 changes to original draft nyy=british strongebold british->isolate new england aug1777 supply shortage burgoyne surrender oct 17 1777 washington army exhausted 1777 valley forge pennslyvania 12000 soldiers terrible conditions 2000 died from typhoid leave valley forge 1778 spring british used loyalist pacify patriots march 29 1780 key port charleston may 1780 america surrender worst defeat of revolution another defeat camden battle america win king mountain oct 7 1780 cowpens jan 17 1781 guilfield battle british victory weakened charles cornwillis forces cornwillis win eutaw springs colonal troops nathanael greene weakining british forces summer 1781 17000 american and french surround by 8300 british and german ameircans more 9uns and <ann0ns cornwallis no hope reinforcements siege yorktown 21 days american cannonfire extreme accurate cornwallis surrender oct 19 1781 usa win independance washington resign commision 1783 new constitution aprrove 1787 1789 george washington first president