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Battles at Lexington and Concord
- Beginning of the Revolutionary War
- Hundreds of Redcoats marched from Boston to Concord to take an arms cache
- Alarms were sounded by Paul Revere and his men to warn the militiamen -First began at Lexington and British were forced to retreat quickly
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- Although the British officially won, this battle provided a huge boost of confidence to the colonies after inflicting severe causalities to the enemies army.
- Colonel William Prescott controlled around 1,000 colonial militiamen.
- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"
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Battle of Trenton
- After General George Washington crossed the Deleware River to Trenton
- John Honeyman: spy who worked in Trenton for Washington
- Victory for colonists against the Hessians
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Battle of Princeton
- 12 mile march after retreating from Trenton
- Washington sent a small group led by General Mercer to destroy a bridge
- Washington arrived and took the victory for the colonists.
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Siege of Charleston
- March 29, 1780- May 12, 1780
- Worst defeat for the Americans
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Battle of Yorktown
- After 3 weeks of constant bombardment from Washington and his troops, General Cornwallis surrendered
- Ended the war & the Continental army won
- Formal surrender ceremony on Oct. 19