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Boston Massacre
Location: Boston Massachusetts
important person(s) involved: No
What groups of people were involved: United Colonies and Great Britain
Who won: Colonists.
Why this event or battle was significant: Because this event provoked outrage and let more and more people to against British government. -
Boston Tea Party
Location: Boston，Massachusetts
important person(s) involved: Sons of liberty
What groups of people were involved: British & Colonies
Who won: Colonists.
Why this event or battle was significant: After this event, British published several principles to punish colonists, and these principles provoked outrage directly, also lead First continental congress directly. -
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First Continental Congress
Location:Philadelphia
Important figures: Patrick Henry
Group: 12 representatives from 12 colonies except Georgia
Many colonists came to agree with Henry. They became known as Patriots. People drafted the Declaration of Rights. Although they did not seek a separation from Britain, this was an important step to unify the political power. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Location: Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Metonymy(present-day Arlington), and Cambridge.
important person(s) involved: John Parker; Samuel Prescott;
What groups of people were involved: British; Colonists.
Who won: Colonists.
Why this event or battle was significant: They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America. -
Second Continental Congress
Location:Philadelphia
Group: 12 representatives from 12 colonies except Georgia
They sent word to colonial authorities asking for new state constitution. They also authorized the Massachusetts militia to become Congress Military. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Location: Charlestown, Massachusetts
Groups of people: Patriots and British
Result:Patriots lost British won
Importance: Patriots proved that they could take on the redcoats. For the British, the battle was a tragic victory because they had sacrificed about double the number of patriots soldiers -
Battle of Trenton
Location: Trenton New Jersey
Significant figures: Washington
Groups of people: American British
Result:Colonists won
Importance: It was an important Patriot victory . American soldiers took more than 900 prisoners.it inspired more and more people to join the war。 -
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Battle of Saratoga
Location: New York
important person(s) involved: John Burgoyne
What groups of people were involved: British; The Patriots(Colonists)
Who won: Colonists
Why this event or battle was significant: Because the Battle of Saratoga in New York was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. And it was the greatest victory yet for American forces. Morale soared. -
Treaty of Alliance
Location: Paris
important person(s) involved: King Louis XVI of France& Second Continental Congress
What groups of people were involved:United States of America& France
Who won: United States of America
Why this event or battle was significant: Make French to help Colonies to fight for independence. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Location: North Carolina in the United States of America.
important person(s) involved: No
What groups of people were involved: British; Colonists
Who won: The British won a Pyrrhic victory.
Why this event or battle was significant: Because the battles was “the largest and most hotly contested action”in the American Revolution’s southern action, and led to the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. -
Battle of Yorktown
Location: Yorktown Georgia
Significant figures:Washington, Comte de Rochambeau , Cornwallis
Groups of people: American British French
Result: American won
Importance: It was the last major battle of the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris
Location: Paris France
Significant figures: Benjamin Franklin
Groups of people: American British
Result: America got benefits
Importance: Great Britain recognized the independence of the United State and set America’s borders.
