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Battle of Lexington and Concord
The British planned to destroy the militia supplies and arrest militia leaders. There 70 minutemen who warned the colonists the British were coming. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga. The Americans withdrew precipitately from Ticonderoga leaving it in British hands. Fort Ticonderoga served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley
