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The British marched to Lexington and Concord to seize weapons from the colonists. The colonists resisted, marking the start of the Revolutionary War. American Victory -
Took place during the Assault of Boston, which was the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The fight was titled after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which played a minor role in the conflict. The British Won -
Fought between American Continental Army forces and British defenses of Quebec City. The battle was the Colonists' first major setback of the war, and they suffered heavy losses. British Victory -
It changed the war because America declared it to be independent of Britain, which led to the Revolutionary War. America also became the greatest country on Earth! American "Victory" -
The Continental Army and George Washington were finally driven to withdraw all the way to Pennsylvania. New York City stayed under British control for the remainder of the Revolutionary War.
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The French were persuaded to acknowledge American independence and grant military support after the Americans won the Battles of Saratoga. It also boosted Gates' popularity, to the point where he was being considered to succeed George Washington as Continental Army commander-in-chief.
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Lafayette and Washington's forces headed south toward Yorktown shortly after learning of Cornwallis's activities. Meanwhile, a French naval force beat a British fleet and then closed the Chesapeake Bay's opening, thereby blocking British maritime access to the bay. Around 17,000 French and American forces encircled the British on the Yorktown peninsula by late September and began bombing them at all hours of the day and night. Cornwallis surrendered a month later, on October 19, 1781, Us Won -
Delegates of King George III of Great Britain and the United States of America signed the Treaty of Paris in Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War and the general state of hostility between the two countries. This granted the United States most of its territory east of the Mississippi River, which ended up doubling the size of the land the Colonists owned.
This was confirmation that the colonies were now independent of Britain. It also set the borders of the new country.