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| 1776 |
| | | Virginia's motion for independence from Britain is passed at the Continental Congress of the colonies with no opposing vote | |
|  | Liberty Bell, Philadelphia
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| 1776 |
| | | Thomas Jefferson's text for the Declaration of Independence is accepted by the Congress in Philadelphia | |
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| 1776 |
| | | John Hancock is the first delegate to sign the Declaration of Independence, formally written out on a large sheet of parchment | |
|  | The American Declaration of Independence in 1776
National Archives, Kew
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| 1776 |
| | | George Washington, driven from New York by the British, retreats towards Philadelphia | |
|  | Map of New York in 1765
National Archives, Kew
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| 1776 |
| | | George Washington defeats the British at Trenton at a psychologically important moment in the course of the war | |
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| 1777 |
| | | Congress adopts a new flag for independent America – the stars and stripes | |
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| 1777 |
| | | George Washington, heavily defeated in a battle at Brandywine, is forced to relinquish Philadelphia to the British | |
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| 1777 |
| | | The American general Horatio Gates captures the army of General Burgoyne near Saratoga | |
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| 1777 |
| | | The US Congress agrees the final version of the Articles of Confederation, defining the terms on which states join the Union | |
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| 1778 |
| | | Benjamin Franklin persuades the French to sign a Treaty of Alliance, committing France to the US cause | |
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