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=__Seize of Ft. Ticonderoga.....__= ===Benedict Arnold was authorized to raise a force of 400 to seize Ft. Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. Ticonderoga was rich in military supplies. So Arnold joined with Allen's force to attack the British in surprise. They were known as the "Green Mountain Boys". Arnold conspired to get the key for the fort of West Point. so Arnold became General.===

=__Fighting in New York.......__= ==Early battles with few troops by now the British had not won a war against the patriots yet. They started sending troops across the Alantic to New York by now he had a big team to see if the patriots would give up but no victory.==

=﻿__Low Point...__= ===In 1776-1777, Patriots caused weles near Collapse. Some soldiers completed their terms of service and went home, other soldiers ran away. Washington wrote a letter to hes brother that "__if new soldiers were not recruited soon, I think the game was pretty near up."__ Washington could not believe that the fight for Liberty would truely fail.===

=﻿__African Americans join..........__= ==Rhode island raised an all african american regiment in 1778. By the end war south carolina was the only state that couldnt fight. About 5,000 african americans joined the patriots. Most of these fighters were enslaved and they really faught for there freedom.==

=﻿__British Plan for victory 1777/capture Philly....__= ===Howe planeed to take Philadelphia, American capital, before marching to Albany. After winning battles in September 1777, Howe's troops captured the city by themselves. forsing the Constitutional congress to flee. On October, Washington attacked the main British camp, but forced to withdraw. Howe postponed the move to Albany and spend Winter in Philadelphia.===

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