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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
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