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The '''American Revolutionary War''' began in 1775, when [[Paul Revere]]'s midnight ride alerted the [[Massachusetts]] militia that [[British]] troops were moving to seize an arms depot in [[Concord, Massachusetts]]. The militia held a bridge at nearby [[Lexington]], and the "Shot heard 'round the world" was fired. After this short skirmish, and the subsequent [[Battle of Lexington]], delegates from the [[Thirteen Colonies]] met in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] and drafted a [[Declaration of Independence]] on July 4 of the following year. The war concluded with the [[Treaty of Paris]] in 1783, granting independence to the colonies.
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[[Category:American Revolutionary War| ]]