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the proclamation of 1763
prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War -
the Boston Massacre
nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles -
Siege of Boston
The siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. In the siege American patriot militia led by newly installed Continental Army commander George Washington prevented the British Army, which was garrisoned in Boston from moving by land -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison -
Battle of Bunker Hill
It was one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution. Victory at Bunker Hill came at a terrible price for the British, with nearly half of the 2,200 Redcoats who entered the battle killed or wounded in just two hours -
Battle of Trenton
The German Hessian troops had occupied Trenton while Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army encamped on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, following their retreat across New Jersey beginning in Fort Lee on November 20. On the morning after the famous Christmas night crossing of the Delaware River by Gen. Washington and his troops, the Americans surprised the Hessian Troops. -
Battle of Monmouth
An American counterattack on the British right forced the Redcoats to fall back and reorganize. Cornwallis then led his men in attack on Greene's division. Supported by artillery, Greene's men stiffened their line and repulsed Cornwallis and his troops -
Battle of Charleston
The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory in the American Revolutionary War, fought in the environs of Charles Town, the capital of South Carolina -
Siege of Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis surrendered his British Army to the combined American-French forces under Washington and Rochambeau.