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Boston Massacre （Turning Point）
Loca.: Boston, Massachusetts, British America
Peo.: British Army infantrymen, colonists
Impo.:It resulted in 5 dead patriots, and 6 injuries. Reactions were swift an angry, so it became one of the greatest contributing factors to the War for American Independence.
This event is a turning point it is the most influential event that caused the Independence War. -
Boston Tea Party
Loca.: in Boston, Massachusetts
Peo.: the Sons of Liberty, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.
Impo.: The British government responded harshly and the episode escalated into the American Revolution. The Boston Tea Party was a significant event in the growth of the American Revolution. -
1st Continental Congress
Location(s): Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Important person(s) involved: Patrick Henry
what groups of people were involved: Colonists leaders
Why this event or battle was significant: It's an important procedure that the colony form it's own regime. -
battles of Lexington and Concord
Loca.: in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston.
Peo.: about 80 Lexington militiamen emerged from Buckman.
Their leader was Captain John Parker, a veteran of the French and Indian War.
Groups: residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities.
Win: the colonists formally won their independence
Impo.: the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
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the battles of Lexington and Concord
Loca.: in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston.
Peo.: about 80 Lexington militiamen emerged from Buckman.
Their leader was Captain John Parker, a veteran of the French and Indian War.
Groups: residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities.
Win: the colonists formally won their independence
Impo.: the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
Location(s):Philadelphia
Important person(s) involved: Peyton Randolph, Charles Thomson, Benjamin Franklin,
John Hancock, Henry Middleton
what groups of people were involved: American governor
Why this event or battle was significant: The Congress adopted the Declaration, acted as the government for the colonies during the war, raised an army and navy, approved the creation of the Articles of Confederation, and negotiated the peace with Great Britain -
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2nd Continental Congress
Time: 5/10/1775 to March 1789
Location(s):Philadelphia
Important person(s) involved: Peyton Randolph, Charles Thomson, Benjamin Franklin,
John Hancock, Henry Middleton
what groups of people were involved: American governor
Why this event or battle was significant: The Congress adopted the Declaration, acted as the government for the colonies during the war, raised an army and navy, approved the creation of the Articles of Confederation, and negotiated the peace with Great Britain -
Bunker Hill
Location: Boston
Important person(s) involved: William Hickling Prescott, William Howe
what groups of people were involved: American army and Britain army
Who won (if a battle): Britain
Why this event or battle was significant: It encouraged Americans. -
Trenton
Location(s): Trenton
Important person(s) involved: George Washington and colonel Rall
what groups of people were involved: British army and American Army
Who won (if a battle): America
Why this event or battle was significant: This is the first turning point of American revolution -
Saratoga 1 (There are two battles happened in Saratoga, this represent the first one)
Loca.: Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York
Peo.: British General John Burgoyne, American forces
Impo.: marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Saratoga 2
Loca.: Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York
Peo.: British General John Burgoyne, American forces
Impo.: marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Alliance
Loca.: at the hôtel de Coislin (4, place de la Concorde) in Paris
Peo.: Delegates of King Louis XVI of France and the Second Continental Congress, signed the two treaties along with a separate and secret clause dealing with future Spanish involvement.
Impo.: The Treaty of Alliance with France or Franco-American Treaty was a defensive alliance between France and the United States of America,which promised mutual military support in case fighting should break out between French and British forces -
the battles of Guilford Court House
Loca.: at a site which is now in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina,
Peo.: A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans.
Impo.: The British Army, however, lost a considerable number of men during the battle (with estimates as high as 27%). Such heavy British casualties resulted in a strategic victory for the Americans. -
Yorktown
Location(s): Yorktown
Important person(s) involved: George Washington
what groups of people were involved: American and French army and British Army
Who win: America
Why this event or battle was significant: it triggered the point of final surrender for British forces -
Treaty of Paris
Location(s): Versailles
Important person(s) involved: American: Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and John Adams
British: David Hartley and Richard Oswald
what groups of people were involved: Representatives of America and Britain
Why this event or battle was significant: It ended the Revolution War and Britain admitted the development of America.
