jul 4, 1776 - Road to Revolution Second Continental Congress

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More than a year after the first congress, on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress convened and officially adopted the Declaration of Independence. Five years later, in October 1781, British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing to an end the last major battle of the Revolution. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris with Britain in 1783, the United States formally became a free and independent nation.

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