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British troops were going to capture and destroy supplies that the milita were storing at Concord. The patriot minutemen fought off the British and managed to drive them away. This battle was a Patriot victory.
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Sam arrives at home during dinner to tell everyone in the taven about the battles at Lexington and Concord.
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Tim goes down to Tom Warrups' shack to vist Sam and finds the Brown Bess under a blanket.
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A small force of Greem Mountain Boys, led by Ethan Allen, captured Fort Ticonderoga. A patriot victory.
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The British make an attempt to capture Bunker Hill. The patriots hear of this ahead of time, and during the night they fortify the hill. However, this turns out to be the wrong hill. The British suffer heavy losses but still manage to capture the hill. A British victory, but a bittersweet one.
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Four continentals come into the taven and try to take the gun, beating up Father in the process. The have to leave empty handed, however, since Sam still has the gun.
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Mr. Heron comes into the tavern and soon asks Tim to deliever some "business" letters for him to Fairfield. Father says no and after Mr. Heron leaves, says that those letters are probably not ordinary business letters.
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Tim encounters Besty while walking to Fairfield. They get into a fight about the letter. Betsy gets the letter away from Tim, runs away, opens it, and then drops it on the ground. Tim picks it up and reads it. He finds out that it is not business letters.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed, offically announcing the colonies' independence from Britain.
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The British drove the patriots from New York. A British victory.
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Father and Tim are going to Verplanks point to sell their cattle.
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An escort then arrrives and chases the cow-boys away.
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The day before, there was a large snowstorm. In the morning, the snow has stopped, but there is a foot of snow on the ground.
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Father is riding ahead to check for anyone and then riding back to check on Tim. After a while, Tim realizes that Father hasn't come back for a long time. He goes on and finds tracks in the snow that sugguest a struggle.
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After the British march into Redding, they go to Mr. Heron's house. They then go to Captain Bett's house where they capture Captaon Betts, Mr. Read, and Jerry Sanford.
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News arrives that Father died on a British prison ship. He had been dead for almost a month.
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Tim and Sam hear a noise back in the barn. When they go to investigate, they find that four of the cows are gone. Sam tells Tim to get the other cows and runs off to chase after the real thieves. The two auctual cattle thieves overtake him and bring him in as a cattle thief.
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General Parsons tells Tim that it's up to General Putnam of what's going to happen.
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General Putnam is determined to make an example of someone. However, he says he'll reconsider it.
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Tim goes down to the stockade and throws a bayonet into it, hoping that Sam will be able to use it to escape. He doesn't even know is Sam is in there.
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Sam is brought to the top of the hill. He is shot from such a close distance, that his clothes catch on fire, He falls over, and jerks around until he is shot again.
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The French arrive at Newport, Rhode Island to help the Americans.
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Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown after he is surrounded by French and American forces on land and the French navy at sea. An American victory, this was the last major battle of the Revolution.
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The treaty offically ended the American Revolution and allowed the colonies to become their own nation, free from Britain. France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic also had agreements in the treaty.