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In Lexington, Paul Revere and two others headed out to tell the people that british troops were approaching. These colonist placed prearranged signals up, rang bells etc to warn the people from town to town. As 70 minutemen waited for the british troops, they arrived; upon arrival a fire was shot and the first battle of the war lasted only 15 minutes long .
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As the british troops headed to Concord, they realized they had an empty arsenal and the British attempted to march back to boston , But at this time too many minute men had gathered and shot and killed British troops by the dozen.
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The British general decided to strike on the hill and send 2,400 men . The colonist were waiting and began killing the red coats as they approached, leaving 450 colonist dead and over 1,000 british troops dead.
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In effort to stop rebellion by isolating new england, British troops were sent to New York harbor with 32,000 men . While colonist put up a fight they were not as strong or well equipped which lead them to retreat.
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Washington headed to Trenton, New Jersey on christmas to give a surprise attack on the british which he ended up defeating garrison of hessian.
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General John Burgoyne led troops through Canada to get to Albany; in hopes of meeting more of his troops. But british officers he was waiting to meet were stuck in philadelphia which forced him to surrender.
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on a winter camp Washington's soldiers were hungry , low on food and supplies.And dying over 2,000 have died . Washington seeked help through letters while the surviving soldiers held onto their lives.
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One of many military leaders that came to help the colonial army in there fighting skills .He led a command in virgina in the last years of the war.
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This was important because it was the first time when american troops received a months pay. This is because Morris and Salomon rounded up money for the troops.
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the British led there troops to yorktown , Cornwallis plans to fortify yorktown and take over virginia , after sometime the british end up surrendering . After being surrounded and all sea route being cut off
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signed document that talked and confirmed the independence of the United States .
