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The march of The battles of Lexington and Concord
Colonal Smith leads the british troops from Boston to Concord to take the supplies and weapons that the colonists are hiding -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The british arrive and pass through Lexington. While doing so, they are attacked by a small group of militia men but the militia men are far outnumbered and retreat.
Just as the British are crossing a narrow bridge into concord, they are again attacked but this time suffer major losses. They manage to retreat to boston but their initial plan was foiled. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The British, once at Boston were attacked again by nearly 10000 militia men. Unfortunately the british still had the sea on there side and could recieve supplies from Britian to fight this battle. Hearing this, the colonists set up on BUnker Hill which overlooked the ocean, ready to keep an eye open for ships.
When General Gage heard of the colonists settin up on bunker hill, he launched two seiges, both failing to take the Hills. The third was the straw on the camels back and the british won. -
Capture of Montreal
The British were preoccupied and the colonists saw it as a god time to capture the capital of british canada. So on November 13, montreal fell to general montgomery with almost no effort or deaths. -
Battle of Quebec
Two forces of american troops each headed to Quebec. one lead by Montgomery which arrived frist with 600 troops and then one led by Benedict Arnold, with 300 troops. The british only had 100 british troops to defend. The generals thought it would be easy...but with the whipping snow and the lack of cannons, the generals fled back to fort ticonderoga with the British hot on their heels. -
Battle of Long Island
Washington sent general Putnam and 10000 troops to stop the adance of British troops. Putnam lost 1700 men while the british lost about 400.Putnam fled under night cover with his remaining men bac to washington and washington, seeing that his continental army was insufficient, retreated. -
The Battle of White Plains
General Washington takes the high ground and gets ready to defend himself against the british. General Howe ordered a full on attack and drove the continental army back. General Howe could have finished off washington once and for all but decided to not persue him in the Continental armies' retreat. -
"Something Must be Attempted to Revive our Expiring Credit"
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" The American Crisis"
Document written by thomas Paine -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington managed to get back into Pennsylvania with the british right on their tail. The British decide to cease the attack for the winter and stop the chase. Washington takes advantage of this and crosses the Delaware river. He and the continental army attack on December 26th and kill 100 men while capturing about 900. -
Battle of Princeton
After the Continental victory in Trenton, Washington made one final push to Princeton to take more of New Jersey. He beat the odds and evaded General Cornwallis and his troops. at Princeton, Washington met a small group of British soldiers and took more than 500 more casualties. this battle also inspired 8000 more recruits to join the war. -
"Conduct of The Enemy"
Document written by continental congress commitee -
Fort Ticonderoga
Although Washingtons victories at Trenton and Princeton were great news...the battle was still underway and not in the americans favor. The british wished to still take New England away from the other colonies and Burgoyne traveled down from Canada and took fort Ticonderoga back from the colonists. -
Battles of Saratoga
While Burgoyne was happy with his recapture of fort Ticonderoga, he pressed on and as he made his way to Saratoga, he ran into a Militia of colonists 100000 strong compared to his 7000. He stood no chance and surrendered. -
Battle of Monmouth
This was the final battle in the northern part of the war. Howe, the commander of the british in the north felt threatened and reatreated back to New York. Washington decided to fight them while they had the chance and so he did. It was the largest battle yet. 13000 troops on each side. The outcome...a draw...