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Boston Massacre
A group of Red coats fired into a croud of unarmed sivilians killing five peope. This had significance because the commandar gave no order to fire. -
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Revolutinary War
this is the time period in which the revolutinary war took place. -
Battle of Yorktown
the battle of yorktown was the final battle of the Revolutinary war. at the end of this battle Cornwallis (and Britain) surrender to commander Washington on October 19 this markes the end of the war -
Boston Tea Party
The boston Tea Party was the colonists way their revolk to the British's taxes they showed this by dumping crates of British tea into Boston Harbor. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
This was the first war of the Revolution. The first shoot fired was known as the shoot heaed around the war. This was the most imporant battle because all of the colonies knew just days after it happened due to a new mailing system. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The reson this battle wa a British victory is because the American patrioas ran out of gunpowder and had to retreat for safty. -
Battle of New York
Early in the war the British wanted to regain control of over the colonies. They did this by attacking New York. As a result the British won that battle and the Americans retreated to New Jersey. -
Declaration of Independence Signing
Sighend by members of all 13 colonies. theis document made it official that the American people wanted their independenc. on of the most famous signitures is that of john Hancock -
Battle of Trenton
After Washington moved his men across the Delaware he surprised the British and captured over nine hundred Hessians. This made the British very mad. the British lost 900 people that would have been able to fight for them against the American forces. -
Battle of Princeton
The British were not expecting to fight the American forces right after Christmas. George Washington moved over two thousand soldiers across the Delaware River in one night to suprise the British. This battle waas an American victory -
Battle of Saratoga
General Horatio Gates helped in this battle, by blocking the Red Coats' path south cut them off from getting out of saratoga. this was another American victory. Music was played by th patriots and almost six thousand Red Coats gave the Americans their weapons out of defeat. -
Valley Forge
This was a harsh winter camp were Washington moved his soldiers. they were changed from a "rag tag" army to a Continental army they were trained by Friedrich von Steuben. wile at this camp Washington made a vaccine for small pox. -
Treaty of Paris (the one that ended the war)
cornwallis surenders to washington at Yorkown.this means Grate Britain recognized the war was over. they sighned this document after it was approved by congress and it was sighne by the british. They now recognized te United States as an independent nation.
