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The war's events
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Boston Tea Party
Colonist (disguised as mohawk native americans) in Boston went into the harbor and dumped 342 chest of tea into the harbor. The king was furious. -
The Intolerable Acts
King George was mad at the colonist, so he passed these acts. They state that the port of Boston is shut down until the tea damage is payed for. The people in Massachusetts could only hold one meeting per year without the governor's permission. Custom Officals were not to be charged in Massachusetts and they had to house British soldiers. -
Lexington and Concord
700 British troops went to take a secret stockpile from Concord. They made it to Lexington and nothing happened and people were thinking about going home when all of a sudden a shot rang out and fighting followed. The minutemen retreated. They pushed on to Concord and found nothing there. They met with 300 minutemen at the bridge and were forced to retreat. -
George Washington becomes General
George Washington was selected because he had military experience. Washington was a masterful strategist. -
Decleration of Independence
It was written by Thomas Jefferson. Most of this document states the british wrongs and the rest was about why they deserved independence and declaring it. -
Battle of Long Island
Washington's army was no match for the british one. The british had 34,000 and the colonist had fewer than 20,000. They were brutally defeated and were forced to retreat. -
Battle of Saratoga
The first victory by the colonist. This was a major step in the war. Burgoyne (a british general) captured the village of Saratoga. He was surrounded by colonist, he surrendered. This victory made it a world war and convinced the French to be allies with the colonist. -
The Batle of Yorktown
The French blocked off the waterways with their navy so the british couldn't get support. They sieged the place with cannons and slowly the british ran out of food. They surrendered on October 19 of the same year. -
Treaty of Paris 2
This treaty made it so the british saw America and the colonist as a free country and a free people. This marked the end of the war.