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the march from boston to massachusetts
general thomas gage told troops to march from boston to concord, massachusetts and take way any illegal weapons -
boston to massachusetts
general thomas gage told troops to go from boston to concord, massachusetts and to take any illegal weapons -
redcoats fell by the dozens
after the first battle between 3000 and 4000 minutemen attacked british from behinds rocks and the the british troops fell by the dozen -
the second continental congress
in may of 1775 the leader called a second continental congress meeting in philadelphia to talk about their next move some wanted independence and others wanted work things out with great britain -
the war independence
benjamin franklin fled england in 1775 because the idea of independence was dividing his own family -
the midnight ride of paul revere
on april 18 1775 paul revere, william dawes, and samuel prescott went out on their horse to tell everyone that 700 british troops were coming -
the midnight ride of paul revere
on april 18 1775 paul revere, william dawes, and samuel prescott went out on their horse to warn that british troops were on their way -
the kinds troops in massachusetts
by the next day the redcoats reached lexington, massachusetts and when they got close they saw 70 minutemen lined up and the british commander told his troops to leave but someone fired which sent a battle 8 minutemen were killed and 10 wounded but on the british only had one soldier injured this battle lasted only 15 minutes -
the battle of bunker hill
general thomas gage sent 2,400 british soldiers up the hill to strike at militiamen on breed hill the colonist lost 450 men and the british troops lost 1000 casualties -
congress sent a the king a petition
inthe petition it said wanting to go to a former harmarny between england and the colonies and king george rejected the petition -
the patriots want independence
thomas paine declared in a article that independence would help out america by allowing to trade freely and letting americans to create a better socality it sold nearly 500,000 copies in april george washington that the article changed the minds of many men -
early victory and defeat
british troops tried to divide new york from new england -
declaring independence
the declaration of independence was in its draft being created by thomas jefferson -
4th of july
the declaration of independence was adopted on the 4th of july. they declared independence from british and they now had to fight for it -
valley forge
the french were secrectly helping the patriots win the war
