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prepare another attack on New York.
With the Revolutionary War in full
swing a majority of the colonists had
been in favor of the revolutionary as
they too wanted freedom from the
British.
On July 4th, 1776 the Continental
moral of the soldiers to a new light Congress had written the famous
as struggles against the cold winter Declaration of Independence.
had finally paid off. The fatal loss This document was drafted by
led British soldiers to evacuate the the founding fathers that declared
city in March of 1776, with General independence from the British
Howe and his men fled to Canada to crown. Later that same month, one