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The American Revolution
Liberty for Whom? Slavery, Protest and the Ideals of the Revolution
Committees of Correspondence form in hundreds of Massachusetts towns linking advocates of resistance and spreading the message and ideals of revolution. Eventually, the network spans into all colonies. While revolutionaries praise liberty, thousands suffer under the bondage of slavery including Phillis Wheatley, who becomes the first African American writer to publish a book while enslaved.
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Victory at Yorktown secures independence. Americans aspire for a more perfect union.
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The war drags on and moves to new theaters: at sea, in Indian Country, and in the South.
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Philadelphia falls, but the American victory at Saratoga allows France to enter the war.
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Washington abandons New York City and flees across New Jersey, before attacking Trenton.
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Washington takes command of the Continental Army. Congress declares American independence.
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Political protest escalates into violence. War gives thirteen colonies a common cause.