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concord
The darkened countryside rang with chruch bells and gunshot which prearranged signals , sent from town to town the british were coming. -
lexington
The king troops reached lexington massachuetss when they heared the town they saw 70 minuteman drawn up in lines on the village. Eight minuteman were killed and ten more were wounded only one british soldiers was injured. -
Bunker Hill
The british Thomas gage sent 2,400 british soldiers up the hill. They waited a few minutes and then began to fire at the red coats. The colonist lost 450 men and the british suffered over 1,000 casualites. -
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New york
They forced the british force under general george washington at the battle of brooklyn. At the battle of Brooklyn the american suffeced 1,000 casualties to the british loss of the only 400 men. -
Trenton
Washington horses defeated a regular army in the field. The victory sharply increased. -
saratoga
General John Burgoyne was the one that planned to lead the army down rutes of lakes from canada to albany. There he met the british troops when they came from New York city. He also didnt have his british officers since they were in philadelphia so they coudnt meet the american troops then he surrended on october 17, 1777. -
Philadelphia
The british had capture philadelphia on following general george washington defeats the battle of brandywine and the battle of the clouds. -
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Valley forge
This event took place in paris, washington. Burgoyne plus his continental army where low on food, supplies and fought to stay alive at winter camp in valley forge. There was a big amount of death, 2,000 soldiers died. -
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Yorktown
The armies of lafayette and washigton moved south toward yorktown. The french naval force defeated a british fleet and then blocked the entrance to the chespeake bay. That meant the british sea routes were blocked. That made 17,000 frech american surronding the british and bombarding them day and night. A month later they surrenderd. -
Treaty of paris
The american revolutionary war was ended. The british recognized their independence of the United States. Also the colonial empire of great britain was destroyed in North american and the US boundaries were established.