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Pennsylvanians may well take pride in the
dominant role played by their state in the early
development of the national government. At the
same time that
Pennsylvania was molding its own
statehood, it was providing leadership and a
meeting place for the men concerned with
building a nation. The movement to defend
American rights grew into the
movement for independence in the meetings of
the Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall and
the State House (Independence Hall) in
Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania troops took part in almost all the
campaigns of the
Revolution. A rifle battalion joined in the
siege of Boston in August 1775. The battles of
Brandywine, Germantown, and Whitemarsh were
important engagements of this period. Following
these battles, Washington went into winter
quarters at
Valley Forge from December 1777 to June
1778. News of the French alliance, which
Benjamin
Franklin had helped to negotiate, and the
adoption of new strategy caused the British to
leave
Philadelphia in the spring of 1778.
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