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1	America Gains Its Independence Moving Toward Independence The Second Continental Congress Meets Early Military Action Common Sense Freeing Boston Declaring Independence Battling for Independence Washington’s Action Victory at Saratoga The Bad Winter of 1777-78 The War in the West The War at Sea Winning Independence Southern Successes British Surrender at Yorktown Treaty Negotiations
2	Moving Toward Independence The Second Continental Congress Meets Early Military Action Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point The Battle of Bunker Hill A Canadian Invasion Common Sense Freeing Boston Declaring Independence
3	Battling for Independence Washington’s Action Trouble in New York Washington Attacks Trenton and Princeton Victory at Saratoga British Plan British Mistakes Results of the Battle
4	Battling for Independence The Bad Winter of 1777-1778 The War in the West The War at Sea
5	Winning Independence Southern Successes Kings Mountain Cowpens Guilford Court House British Surrender at Yorktown Treaty Negotiations