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hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache.
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Paul Revere was instructed by the Sons of Liberty to ride to Lexington, Mass., to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them
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The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle.
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t was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule
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first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian (German mercenaries) forces in Trenton, New Jersey, on the morning of December 26.
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It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
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Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body
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the last great battle of the American Revolutionary War