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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers fired at a crowd of civilians in the public. The soldiers said they were being beaten and having items thrown at them. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonist dressed up as Indians and broke onto British tea ships to dump the tea into the Boston harbor. The reason for this was the tax on tea from Britain -
Lexington and Concord
The start of the revolutionary war. Where the famous shot heard around the world comes from this battle when a misfire from the said British hit an american soldier -
Bunker Hill
The american patriots went to war with the British soldiers and lost, but it showed the British soldiers that the Americans could fight. -
British capture New York
On August 22, 1776, 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. -
Deceleration of Independence
This was when America was born. America claimed its independence from Great Britain on July 4th. Stated that we will no longer look up to Parliament or the King. -
Battle of Trenton
The surprise victory at Trenton was important to the American cause for several reasons: For the first time, Washington's forces had defeated a regular army in the field. ... The victory sharply increased morale. New enlistments were stimulated and many of the current soldiers reenlisted. -
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Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was where the American Continental Army made camp during the winter of 1777-1778. It was here that the American forces became a true fighting unit. Valley Forge is often called the birthplace of the American Army. -
Battle of Monmouth
Significance of the Battle of Monmouth: The significance of the conflict was that the American retreat ordered by General Charles Lee allowed Clinton's army to continue to New York City. The following picture represents some of the early designs of the American flag. -
British capture of Savannah
On December 29, 1778, 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. -
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British Capture of Charles Town
In March 1780, Clinton, Prevost, and General Charles Lord Cornwallis, whose force had accompanied Clinton from New York, descended on Charleston. By early April, the combined British forces had successfully trapped the Americans in the beleaguered city. -
Battle of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies), ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George