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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre is important event because a bunch of British soldiers started shooting at innocent Americans. One of the Americans that got shot was Cripus Attucks.
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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress is important because the delegates of all the states did not agree on what to do with Britain. Mainly Massachusetts did not agree on what to do with Britain because of the taxes in Boston. -
Battle Along the Mohawk
This battle is important because general Benedict Arnold led a small army along the Mohawk River. His goal was to chase away British fro Fort Stanwix. They captured a loyalist and told him to tell the British that the Americans had a lot of troops -
Battle of Saratoga
It's important because it was the turning point in the war. It showed that could actually win a battle. The Americans lost every battle before this. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Surrender_of_General_Burgoyne.jpg/350px-Surrender_of_General_Burgoyne.jpg -
Battle at Camden
This is very important because General Gates led an army outside of Camden. They ran into British troops and started fighting. Gates and the Militia fled. Gates was removed from his position
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Battle of Yorktown
This is was the ending point of the war. This is important because the Americans teamed up with France. France wanted their payback to Britain. Both bombarded Yorktown and Cornwallis had no ecape. He surrendered the war.
https://www.landofthebrave.info/images/battle-yorktown-surrender-lord-cornwallis.jpg
