The document provides a review of key events and concepts in US History from the period of Mercantilism through the American Revolutionary War. It covers the founding and economies of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. It then discusses the Triangle Trade, acts passed by Britain to tax the colonies, and key battles and events that led to American independence, including Lexington and Concord, the Declaration of Independence, the Battle of Saratoga, winter at Valley Forge, and the Battle of Yorktown. The war formally ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
36. Paine wrote Common Sense , a 79-page pamphlet in which he offered “nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense" on the idea of American independence from England. He began… "We have it in our power to begin the world anew...American shall make a stand, not for herself alone, but for the world,"
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41. Winter at Valley Forge We had nothing to eat for two or three days previous… But we must now have what Congress said a lavish Thanksgiving. It gave everyman a few ounces of rice and a tablespoon of vinegar. The army was now not only starved but nearly naked.
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