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Boston Massacre
British soldiers guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a political protest between the American colonists, frustrated and angry at the British for putting a tax law on tea. So the colonist dumped 342 chests of tea into the water. -
Lexington and concord
British and American soldiers fired in the towns of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The American patriots were defeated by the British -
Declaration of Independence
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to the Great Britain -
British captured New York
The Americans suffered 1,000 casualties, while the British only lost 400. So the British took the advantage and took new york -
Battle of Trenton
Washington's army crossed Delaware on Christmas and over 10 days, he won two crucial battles. -
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Saratoga
It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army -
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valley forge
12,000 soldiers and 400 women and children marched into Valley Forge and began to build what essentially became the fourth largest city in the colonies at the time, with 1,500 log huts and two miles of fortifications. -
Battle of Monmouth
indecisive engagement in the American Revolution, fought at Monmouth, New Jersey. -
British capture of Savannah
The British launch a surprise attack on American forces defending Savannah, Georgia. -
British Capture of Charles Town
Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution -
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Battle of Yorktown
The British surrendered to George Washington