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American Revolutionary War timeline
1775
General Gage sends a detachment of British troops to seize weapons held by American Patriots at Concord
1775
The first shot of the American Revolution is fired in a skirmish between redcoats and militiamen at Lexington, on the road to Concord
1775
Delegates from the states reassemble in Philadelphia, with hostilities against the British already under way in Massachusetts
1775
Delegates in Philadelphia select George Washington as commander-in-chief of the colonial army
1775
At Bunker Hill, overlooking Boston from the north, the American militiamen prove their worth against British professional soldiers
1775
Britain declares the colonies to be in a state of rebellion, and sets up a naval blockade of the American coastline
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