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Killing of protestors in boston -
Colonist dressed up as Indians and threw British tea into ocean -
British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the town -
Battle fought on a hill -
Signing of doi to give America freedom -
When the British captured New York -
George Washington crossed the Delaware river to fight -
The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, -
Building of large city -
The Americans claimed victory because they occupied the battlefield after the British left. -
With the failure of the joint attack, the siege was abandoned, and the British remained in control of Savannah until July 1782, near the end of the war -
The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory, -
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.