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11:39
Tensions erupt as colonists confront the British Army at Lexington and Concord, beginning the war.
9:20
Royal governor Lord Dunmore offers freedom to enslaved people that fight their Patriot masters.
6:36
"Common Sense" awakens the American colonies to the idea of true independence.
8:07
The Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee choose opposing sides at the Battle of Oriskany.
4:31
Washington uses bonuses and drafts to encourage Americans to join the Continental Army.
6:18
General Horatio Gates' force clashes with the British, beginning the Battle of Saratoga.
5:56
The American Revolution has spilled into a global war, but the United States hangs on by a thread.
8:56
The Continental Army engages the British in the last major battle in the North of the Revolution.
4:44
The British surround and siege Charleston, South Carolina, one of the largest cities in America.
2:05
John Peters was the most respected man in his small settlement until the First Continental Congress.
2:38
London’s Southern strategy falls apart as Nathanael Greene takes British outposts one after another.
3:01
George Washington takes action when an unsigned manifesto starts circulating among his officers.
