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Treaty of Paris
Treaty that ended the war. Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi river minus Florida became the United States. -
Lexington and Concord
Result - Colonily Victory
Significcance - It was the first battle in the Revolutionary War -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Result - British Victory
Significance - The British won but they had more of their own men dead, the Colonists lost mostly because they ran out of supplies -
Dorchester Heights
Result - Colonist Victory
Significance - There wasn’t even a shot fired, the Colonist had the high point, they had cannons pointed and the British -
Battle of Princeton
Result - British
Sig. - Mad Colonists flee out of New York -
Declaration of Independence
document that declared independence from Britain -
Battle of Brandywine
Result - British Victory
Sig. - Because it was a major victory for the British that left Philadelphia, the revolutionary capital, undefended. This allowed the British to capture the city on September 26. -
Battle of Yorktown
significance - Last major battle of the war
winner - patriots