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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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| 1778 |
| | | France, joining the American colonies in their fight against Britain, sends a large fleet across the Atlantic | |
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| 1778 |
| | | The American naval hero John Paul Jones makes successful raids around the coasts of Britain | |
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| 1778 |
| | | The British rapidly abandon Philadelphia on news of the expected arrival of a French fleet | |
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| 1778 |
| | | The British adopt a new policy in the south, landing in Georgia and capturing much of South Carolina | |
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| 1778 |
| | | Francis Hopkinson's popular ballad The Battle of the Kegs describes an ingenious American threat to the British navy | |
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| 1779 |
| | | U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, fights H.M.S. Serapis near England's Flamborough Head | |
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| 1780 |
| | | The capture of British go-between John André yields proof that US general Benedict Arnold is in the pay of the British | |
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