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George Washington assumes command of the Continental Army and must turn it into a unified force.
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Benedict Arnold's army braves the fierce winter to attack Quebec City in Canada.
8:07
The Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee choose opposing sides at the Battle of Oriskany.
7:52
A bloody clash between Bostonians and the British army leaves five dead in the Boston Massacre.
9:39
The American Revolution will be a war that will pit brother against brother – and birth a nation.
11:39
Tensions erupt as colonists confront the British Army at Lexington and Concord, beginning the war.
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The revolutionary ideals of liberty spread across the colonies while many suffer from enslavement.
6:56
Henry Knox leads a daring expedition to deliver artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston.
6:36
"Common Sense" awakens the American colonies to the idea of true independence.
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Bostonians protest the newly passed Tea Act by dumping 46 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.
11:47
Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal.
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Royal governor Lord Dunmore offers freedom to enslaved people that fight their Patriot masters.
