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AP US History
Chapter 8 Pageant
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11th Grade
04/23/2007

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Battle of Brandywine
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was a battle of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 11, 1777, in the area surrounding Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
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Battle of Germantown
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was a battle in the American Revolutionary War fought on October 4, 1777.
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Battle of Saratoga
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in September and October 1777 was a decisive American victory resulting in the surrender of an entire British army of 9000 men invading New York from Canada during the American Revolutionary War.
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Battle of Monmouth
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was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in New Jersey on June 28, 1778, that was a turning point of the American Revolution.
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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signed on September 3, 1783, and ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America that had rebelled against their rule in 1776.
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Treaty of Fort Stanwix
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is actually two treaties between Native Americans and European-Americans which were signed at Fort Stanwix, located in present-day Rome, New York.
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1781
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On what year did the Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown?
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Battle of Cowpens
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was fought on January 17, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War and was an overwhelming victory by American revolutionary forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan. It was an important turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British, and went down in history as the great American tactical masterpiece of the war.
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