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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was important because of both the British and American responses to the actions that followed the tea party. The British were furious with the actions of the colonists and needed to impose a “punishment”? for their rebellion. This came in the form of the Intolerable Acts www.surfnetkids.com/independenceday/255/the-importance-of-the-boston-tea-party/ -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
By the time, Burgoyne´s army was running out of supplies, and it needed hourses. I thing that´s important because, it was a vary important battle. -
The Battle of Savannah and Charles town
The British believed that most Southerners were Loyalists. Because of this, in 1778 the British decided to move the war to the South. -
The Tides Turn
Even battles in the South sometimes turned vicious. One example was the Battle of Kings Mountain, fought on the border of North and South Carolina in October 1780. After surrounding a force of about 1,000 Loyalist militia and British soldiers, the Americans slaughtered most of them. James P. Collins, a 16-year-old American, described the scene. -
Battle of Yorktown
This battle is important is because On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins
