Unit 2: Revolution

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  • Boston Massacre

    Was a fight in the streets of the patriots and the british, The British of course won this fight, due to their advanced weapens.

  • Boston Tea Party

    The British controlled all tea trading within India and the British. This lead the british to put a tax on tea, thus leading India to refuse to purchase tea.
    India, sneakily smuggled tea from Holland instead of Britian. In a result of the low profits from the tea, the British was going out of business.

  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    The start of the shooting started in Lexington, leading Thomas Gage to send 700 soldiers to destroy the weopens in concord.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    During the Battle of Bunker hill, Boston found out that the British generals were planning on sending troops to attend the hills surrounding the city. Even though the British won, they had alot of lossess with their army.

  • Declaration of Independence Signing

    The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston, drafted it.

  • The Battle of New York

    The British landed on an Island. In 6 weeks, they stregthened and grew their army to as much as 32,000 people. In the meantime, George Washington was doing the same. Washington decided to attack 2 places,

  • Battle of Trenton

    This was after George Washington crossed the Deleware.

  • Battle of Princeton

    George Washington defeated the British. This attack suprisied them. Washington led his army acrosst the Deleware River.

  • Battle of Saragota

    The Battle of Saragota was a huge victory for the Americans. The British wanted to take control of the Hudsen River to block New England from other colonies.

  • Valley Forge

    George Washington accused the Congress. " Valley Forge was where a new, confident, professional American army was born."

  • Battle of Yorktown

    General Clinton and Cornwallis sent 850 of their soldiers to take over the entire south of New York. When they won, the American army was forced to surrender,

  • Treaty of Paris (the one that ended the Revolutionary War)

    The Treaty of Paris had John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay.