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Boston Massacre
This event is defined as multiple males of different ages at the city's custom house mocking a gaurd. Shots were fired, five died, six were wounded -
Boston Tea Party
A meeting was formed to have the tea ships to leave the harbor, at the Old South Meeting House. A group of about two-hundred men, met on a hill ,dressed as indians, marched three ships, two-by-two and dumped fourty-five tons of tea into the Harbor waters. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere came to warn the colonists that the British were coming.It left enough time for John Hancock and Samuel Adams to escape before the British arrived. The outnumbered minutemen fought the British, 8 of them died, 10 were injured. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
They fought for independence and to protect themselves from being attacked. -
Battle of Saratoga
George Washington's army was defeated by a british army with British general William Howe in New York city. The sickness called "small pox" was done and over with during that time. -
Battle of New York
George Washingrton prepared his army for battle at Staten Island. -
Declaration of Independence signing
The reason this came about was to influence other's to vote for for the independence of American colonies. -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington was crying out for men under General Lee to join him. Lee wanted to show people that he is better than Washington by attacking the British. Few people showed up with Washington, moving south to Newark, the plan failed and everyone went against the idea, staying with their families while a week later, Washington moved solo to New Brunswick. -
Battle of Princeton
Multiple crosses of the Delaware River occured arounf the time the battle of Princeton was happening. -
Battle of Yorktown
A march to Yorktown came from Rochambeau and Washington when the army was assembled. The two commanders arrived that same day with a mixed Franco-American force, and was sent to go against the position on Gloucester Point by the British. -
Treaty of Paris
Three americans, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay were sent to Paris to discuss how the peace treaty was going to be arranged to make peace with the British. -
Valey Forge
During the deadly winter, men walked around leaving bloody foot prints in the snow. Their only food source was "fire cake" which consists of only flour and water. Their living space were huts built out of logs, they also were fed one pound of baked toe nails everyday.
