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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened on Dec 16, 1773. It is when the people of Boston were sick of being taxed on tea. So England sent over ships full of tea to sell in the Boston Harbor. The people went on to the ships and dumped the tea into the harbor. The largest tea cup. -
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What happen in the time of the 13 colonies
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The Intolerable Act
The first of these closed the port of Boston until the East India Company was paid for the lost tea. This created a great hardship for the people of Boston whose livlihood depended on trade.The second modified the Massachusetts Charter of 1691, taking away many of its rights of self-government. It was aimed at punishing Boston and forcing it out of resistance. Almost all positions in the colonial government wer to be appointment by the governor or directly by the King. Activities of town meeti -
Battle at Lexington and Concord
The Battle at Lexington was when the Red coats traped and took over Boston. Paul Revere rode to Lexington to tell the minutemen that the Red Coats are coming. So the minutemen went in to a feild and waited for them to come. It was 700 to 77. The minute men lost the fight in Lexington and moved on to Concord and fought battles as they went. -
Battle at Bunker Hill
The Americans found out that they could not win on flat ground. So they went to Bunker Hill. The army build walls out of mud and hay. The Americans could shoot into the oceans to take out the troops at sea. The Americans lost but took out the Red Coats by a lot. 800 Red Coats wounded and 226 killed. -
The Arrival of 30,000 British Troops in New York Harbor
30,000 British troops arrived in New York Harbor in August and joined those already under the command of General William Howe. -
Philadelphia is lost to British
The Continental Army lost Philadelphia to the British. So the army was forced to move from Philadelphia to Valley Forge. Valley Forge was about 18 miles northwest from Philadelphia. -
Washington defeated at Brandywine
Washington was asked to fight in the Brandywine Battle. Washington put his fort in the wrong spot. When the Coats came to the fort they shoot and destroyed Washington's army. -
Washington's Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge is about 18 miles from Philadelphia. The army arrived there on Dec 19, 1777. The winter was hard on the army. The troops lost fingers and toes. They were cold and hurt. They lived in small huts with other men in them as well. The army was hurgry. The troops did not have a lot of food for the winter. -
Charleston, South Carolina falls to British
The British take Charleston, S.C., capture a large patriot army, and deal the rebels one of their worst defeats of the war. The Charleston move is part of a broader British strategy to hang on to the southern colonies, at least, now that the war is stalemated in Pennsylvania and New York. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The numbers of the armyers where 8,800 Americans, 7,800 French and 6,000 British. The Americans and the French where on each others back to win over the british. The Americans and the french won the war. -
The signing of the Treaty of Paris between Great Britain and United States, Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is a trurths to end the war to get rid of the British in America.
