Social Sciences and History / Unit 1 SSH 0015 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Declaration, Saratoga, France, Yorktown
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The idea
Fighting began at Lexington and Concord in April seventeen seventy-five; Congress declared independence in July seventeen seventy-six. Britain took New York, but Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga in October seventeen seventy-seven brought France into the war.
In practice
Von Steuben drilling a professional army at Valley Forge.
Where people slip
The southern campaign ended when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, and the war closed in seventeen eighty-three.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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