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Major American victory; convinced to openly join the war. 1777-78 Valley Forge

: Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later the first U.S. President. american revolutionary war

: The Intolerable Acts (1774) , designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party , led to the formation of the First Continental Congress . Major American victory; convinced to openly join the war

Final major battle; French and American forces trapped British General Cornwallis. Treaty of Paris Major American victory