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Technically a British victory, they lost over 1,000 men before securing the high ground
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It was put down immediatly by General Greene, but added tension to the already-shaky army.
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$500,000 in Continental bills is delivered to the army, allowing wages to be paid and lessening tension in the ranks.
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Dr. Benjamin Church, surgeon general of the army and head of the Cambridge hospital, was discovered to be a spy.
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News reaches the rebel army that British ships have burned down the town of Falmouth, ME. (As the British gave advance warning, none were killed, but the entire town was left homeless)
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After the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill, King George speaks before Parliament, officially declaring America in rebellion and commiting troops to the war. Parliament argues feircely about the declaration, but supports the King.
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Henry Knox, a young officer, sets out on a mission he concieved to retrieve abandoned artillery from Fort Ticonderoga in Canada and haul it overland to Boston.
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The British sent 300 of the poorest, most sickly Boston residents acros Boston's Back Bay for the rebels to cope with, followed by another 150. This was possibly to make room for reinforcements, or possibly to infect the American army with smallpox, which was running rampant in the city.
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Of aproximatly 10,000 men, only 2,540 re-enlisted.
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However, as many as 9,00 of the "old army" make have chosen to stay.
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It's contents ended most hope for a quick reconciliation and stunned and angered the populace.
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Previously, it had been ambiguous whether Washington's authority extended beyond the area aleady occupied by armies. Fearing a British move on New York, he wrote to Congress asking for permission to station troops there, and John Adams wrote back, granting him full freedom of movement.
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An army had been sent north under Benedict Arnold to attack Quebec - today Washington recieves the news that the army was defeated, Benedict Arnold was badly wounded, and General Richard Montgomery was killed.
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henry Knox's mission to retrieve artillery proves successful, and he returns with 59 guns in all. Knox was immediatly put in command of the artilelry.
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The American army fires on Boston this night and the next two nights, to distract from the rest of the armies preparations for their move onto the Dorchester Heights
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In the course of one night, in silence and without alerting the British just across the bay, the American army erects massive and complete fortifications on the Dorchester Heights, compeltly surprising the British when the sun rose.
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An intense storm prevents the British from attacking the fortifications on Dorchester, a move which would have resulted in a slaughter of British troops. Instead, preparations to evacuate the city begin
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In an effort to prevent the Americans from gaining access to valuable goods when they re-entered Boston, General Howe orders soilders and loyalists to destroy all goods the rebels might find useful
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The majority of the army had already left for the city.
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Soilder's corpses were found in a brothel. In retaliation, gangs of soliders tore down the building and likely killing workers there. Washington condemned all "riotous behavior".
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the uncovering of a plot to assasinate Washington led to an explosion of rioting and persecution of tories.
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The only man to be convicted in the plot to sabotage the rebels, Thomas hickley was hanged to widespread approval.
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Though they pass New York, rebel defenses prove completly ineffective, and the ships reach safety with no damage done in a matter of hours.
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This was a blow to the army, as Greene was Washington's most trusted general, and his replacement was sub-par.
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They land and begin to group on Long Island
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Americans are compeltly routed, and trapped in Brooklyn with only a dubious escape route, across the East River.
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Montresor's Island is at the mouth of the harlem River.
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At the request of congress 9and against most of the military leadership's better judgement) they decide not to burn the city
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The rebel army retreats in disorder
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The Americans take fewer losses, but lose Colnel Knowlton and Major Leitch, two importnat officers
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many would wonder whether it was natural causes, or someone sympathetic with the rebels taking matters into their own hands
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Leaving behind about 1,000 men to hold fort Washington, the rest of the army begins to evacuate the island
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British and Hessian's won, but with twice as many casualties as the Americans
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Worried about the British's plans, Washingtontravels to Fort Washington. Once there, however, he leaves the decision of defense up to Greene, and the troops stay to fight.
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More than 1,000 American prisoners taken, in addition to all the suppllies.
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With fewer than 3,000 men, he can not fight the British or hessans, so he retreats frist to Treton, the across the Delaware, destroying all boats the enemy might use.
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Washington leads a prtion of his army across the Delaware (the only one of three planned attacks to make it across), and surprises the hessans at Trenton, defeating them.
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