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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charles town, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
British capture New York
New Yorkers heard the cannon blasts of the Battle of Long Island. Five days later, an expeditionary force of over 32,000 British regulars, 10 ships of line, 20 frigates, and 170 transports defeated Washington's troops at Kip's Bay and invaded Manhattan Island. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle that took place in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Valley Forge
Following British victories at the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of the Clouds on September 18 General Wilhelm von Knyphausen led British soldiers on a raid of Valley Forge, burning down several buildings and stealing supplies. -
Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth was fought near Monmouth Court House during the American Revolutionary War. It pitted the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington, against the British Army in North America, commanded by General Sir Henry Clinton. -
British capture of Savannah
British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell and his force of between 2,500 and 3,600 troops, which included the 71st Highland regiment, New York Loyalists, and Hessian mercenaries, launch a surprise attack on American forces defending Savannah, Georgia. -
British Capture of Charles Town
The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory fought during the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops