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Boston Massacre
British troops marched into Boston, and being yelled at and plotted against, five people were killed by the soldiers -
Battle of Cowpens
It was at South Carolina and was between the Patriots, and loyalists/british. The patriots won. -
Boston Tea Party
The sons of libertysnuck onto british ships and dumped all of their tea to be sold into the Boston Harbor. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Shots were fired by numerous people, and suddenly it was chaos, with the British being far superior, the colonials surrendered.But the did slow the British down. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonials lined up on breeds hill and tried to shoot down the British as they advanced. The british advance and retreated twice, and on the thrird, were susessfull. -
Common Sense Published
Thomas paine, a very smart, influencial leader, published (anonymously) "Common Sense", a 47 page pamphlet on logic and proper reasoning. -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
After many long arguments and disagreements by the members of congress, the Declaration of Independence was finally signed. -
Battle of Long Island
The British tried to trap the colonials and George Washington and a few others were able to escape in the mitst of a strom. It was a British victory. -
Washington Crosses the Deleware
Washington anda few of his men quietly snuck across the Deleware river to sneak attack the British on Christmas. -
Battle of Trenton
The colonial's first victory; it was a sneak attack by George Washington and his men while the German Hessians were celebrating and relaxing as it was the day after Christmas. The Colonials won. The french and Spanish then joined the colonials. -
Valley Forge
Washingtons soldiers trained for six months at valley forge in horendous condidtoins with strict rules and hard punishments. Some times their feet froze over from the low temperature and snow. -
Battle of Rhode Island
The Colonials went againts British forces, and they (colonials) were out smarted and outnumbered, so the British took another victory.
