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Colonists defeat Burgoyne’s British troops,
It was also the turning point of the war.
And France, the Netherlands, and Spain enter the war on the side of the Americans. -
The American and French trap General Cornwallis’s army at Yorktown,Virginia -
Developed by the 2nd Continental Congress in 1777.
Set up a central government with a 1 house legislature: Each state had one vote.
Congress had authority to make war, and settle interstate disputes:
Had very little power to enforce new laws.