PHILADELPHIA – LIBERTY HALL JULY 4, 1776 -WRITTEN BY JEFFERSON DOCUMENT TALKS ABOUT THE MISDEEDS OF THE KING NATURAL RIGHTS (BORN WITH THESE) “WHEN IN.

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PHILADELPHIA – LIBERTY HALL JULY 4, WRITTEN BY JEFFERSON DOCUMENT TALKS ABOUT THE MISDEEDS OF THE KING NATURAL RIGHTS (BORN WITH THESE) “WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS...”

MAKES THE USA AN INDEPENDENT NATION(S) NO LONGER COLONIES INVITES FOREIGN AID – HELP FROM OTHER NATIONS

250,000 MEN SERVED AT ONE TIME STATE MILITA (MALES 15-60) BRING YOU OWN GUN CONTINENTAL ARMY LEAD BY WASHINGTON HARD TO FIND VOLUNTEERS (HARSH DISIPLINE & FEW SUPPLIES)

MARCH: THE ENGLISH OCCUPY NEW YORK CITY (35,000 MEN)

OCTOBER: WASHINGTON IS DEFEATED AT THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND & OTHRES -AMERICANS RUN

WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE ON CHRISTMAS EVE! SURPRISES HESIONS: GERMAN MERCENARIES

HESSIANS DEFEATED MORAL VICTORY ARMY STILL IN BAD SHAPE

WASHINGTON WINS! THE FLAG FIRST APPEARS MORAL BOOST, BUT ARMY IS STILL HURTING

BRITISH LOOK TO CUT SLPITE COLONIES IN HALF – ATTACK ALBANY 3 PRONGED ATTACK (NORTH/SOUTH/WEST) BRITISH BLUNDER OF 1777

SHOULD ATTACK FROM SOUTH DOES NOT FOLLOW PLAN ATTACKS PHILI BATTLES OF BANDYWINE & GERMANTOWN

ARNOLD FOOLS BRITISH INDIAN ALLIES! FAILS TO TAKE FORT NEAR ORISKANY (NY) ATTACKING FROM WEST

ATTACK FROM NORTH BRITISH ARE BOGGED DOWN BURGOYNE DEFEATED SURRENDERS TO GATES!

PROMISED TO HELP AFTER SARATOGA BEN FRANKLIN & KING LOUIS XVI