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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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| 1780 |
| | | British army officer John André is executed in New York as a spy | |
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| 1781 |
| | | Maryland, ratifies the Articles of Confederation (the last state to do so), completing 'the Confederation of the United States' | |
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| 1781 |
| | | The Bank of North America is established by the Continental Congress to lend money to the fledgling Revolutionary government | |
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