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Boston Massacre
The towns people were forming a crowd to rebel the townshead acts. When the British soliders formed up, one was struck by a club and then he fired into the crowd of people. -
Boston Tea Party
The Americans were getting furious with the British for charging so much for the tea. One night a bunch of Americans dressed up as Native Americans and boarded tea ships and dumped 342 chests of te over board. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The Americans had a stockpile of weapons and ammo in a town called concord. When the British general got herd of it, he sent a group of men to seiz it. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The town nere Bunker Hill there were hundreds of British troops. The colonial army made a fort there and it took the British three waves of troops to get the hill. -
Declaration of Independence Signing
The second contintal congress felt that Jefferson should write the Declaration. It was to let the Americans to be its own independent country and ruled by the British. -
Battle of New York
The British left Boston to seiz Long Island. The Americans had a bunch of deffence, but the British made their way through them and 4000 men made their way aroud and took them out from the back. -
Battle of Trenton
On December 26 Washington lead 2,400 men across the Delawere River to catch the hessins off-guard. After the battle Washington had to pay to keep 1,300 men still inlisted. -
Battle of Princeton
When the continental army won the battle of Trenton it made more people join and made the britsh more angry. The british lead a attack to go for the base but washington circled around and won. -
Battle of Saratoga
The generals in the north were going to trap the Americans, but Howe didnt get then message soon enoughf. Which lead to the British surenduring there. -
Valley Forge
Washington had his men make a camp in an area that they called Valley Forge. This would let them eep an eye on the British forces, plus the Americans were not equied with the best clothes or food. -
Battle of Yorktown
General Cornwallis fortified himself in Yorktown with 7,400 men. The combined forces of the Americans on French Traped him and made him surrender. -
Treaty of Paris
The diplomats of Adams, Franklin, and Jay went to Paris to sign the treaty to end the war. This also alowed them to go and build all the way to the Mississippi River.
