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Boston Massacre
Location：Boston, Massachusetts
Important person(s)：
John Adams Josiah Quincy (lawyers)
Crispus Attucks (sailor; died)
Thomas Preston (officer)
groups of people：British soldiers, American people
Why this event or battle was significant：further heightened tensions throughout the Thirteen Colonies -
Boston Tea Party
Location(s)：Boston, Province of Massachusets Bay
Important person(s): Sons of Liberty:
Samuel Adams, Benjamin Edes, and John Hancock
groups of people involved: Sons of Liberty
Why significant: increase anger
1.To protest British Parliament's tax on tea. "No taxation without representation."
2.King George III was furious
3. result: 1774 Intolerable Acts
4. new governor: Thomas Gage -
1st Continental Congress
Location:
Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Important persons involved:
Peyton Randolph, Henry Middleton, and Charles Thomson
what groups of people were involved:
Colonists
Why this event or battle was significant:
The first was a compact among the Colonies to boycott British goods beginning on December 1, 1774. In addition, the Congress was to provide for a Second Continental Congress to meet on May 10, 1775. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Location(s): Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge.
The important person(s):
Paul Revere Robot Newman
Samuel Prescott (Concord)
Francis Smith
John Parker (patriot captain)
groups of people involved: British, Colonists
Who won (if a battle): Strategic American victory
Why significant: Start of the American Revolutionary War -
2nd Continental Congress
Location:
Mainly at Pennsylvania State House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Important persons involved:
Peyton Randolph, Samuel Huntington, and Charles Thomson.
what groups of people were involved:
Colonists
Why this event or battle was significant:
Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Bunker Hill
Location: Charlestown, Massachusetts
Important persons involved: William Prescott, Israel Putnam, Joseph Warren, John Stark, William Howe, and Henry Clinton.
what groups of people were involved: Colonists and Britain
Who won: British victory
Why this event or battle was significant: Patriots proved that they could take on the redcoats. For the British, the battle was a tragic victory because they had sacrificed about double the number of patriots soldiers -
Trenton
Location:
Trenton, New Jersey.
Important persons involved:
George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Johann Rall.
what groups of people were involved:
United States, and Hesse-Kassel.
Who won (if a battle):
American won
Why this event or battle was significant:
The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired re-enlistments. -
Battles of Saratoga
Location(s)：Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York
Important person(s) involved：
John Burgoyne (wrong timing; English)
Simon Fraser
Baron Riedesel
what groups of people were involved：British, Colonists, France
Who won：American victory British surrender October 17
Why significant：turning point：enhance the confidence of the American people for the victory；created favorable international conditions for the Americans；from strategic defense to strategic offensive. -
Treaty of Alliance
Location(s)：at the hôtel de Coislin (4, place de la Concorde) in Paris
Important person(s) involved：King Louis XVI of France，the Second Continental Congress
The Treaty of Alliance was a defensive alliance between France and the United States of America
Why significant：The Franco-American alliance that would technically remain in effect until the 1800 Treaty of Mortefontaine -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Location(s)：present day Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Important person(s) involved：Nathanael Greene Lord Cornwallis
what groups of people were involved：British, Colonists
Who won：Pyrrhic British victory
American strategic advantage
Why significant：After the war, Lord Cornwallis eventually surrendered in York city, because too many soldiers died. -
Yorktown
Location: Charlestown, Massachusetts
Important persons involved: George Washington, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Knox, Alexander Hamilton, Marquis de Lafayette,, Thomas Nelson, Moses Hazen, and Comte de.
what groups of people were involved: United States, Canadian auxiliaries, France, Great Britain, Loyalists, Hesse-Kassel, and Ansbach
Who won: Decisive Franco-American won
Why this event or battle was significant: End of major land operations in North America, and the Beginning of peace negotiations. -
Treaty of Paris
Location:
Paris
Important persons involved:
John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin.
what groups of people were involved:
British and Colonists
Why this event or battle was significant:
ended the American Revolutionary War and enlarge American boundaries.
