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Date: April, 1775

Location: Massachusetts

Recap in your own words: The Battle wasn't planed. The soldiers were supposed to go and take the guns  and arrest the people that  were running the Militia. The battle at Lexington was small and not many people fought. When the British soldiers got to Concord the Militia didn't want to let them take their guns. The colonists are at the bridge and they won't let them pass. The soldiers didn't win at Concord and were out numbered and had to turn around and walk back to Boston.

Who won and why: The American colonists won the battle because they caught the British soldiers off guard and they weren't expecting it to happen. Also the colonists were being brave and fought against the British.

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Date: June 17, 1775

Location: Outside of Boston, Massachusetts

Recap in your own words: The colonist suck up on the hill at night and built a wall and a fort thing. Then the British came and were surprised they were there. The colonists were told not to shoot till you see the wight eyes of the British. They fought and the colonists were winning because the they were up higher and shooting down. But they had to surrender because they had no more ammunition.

Who won and why: The British technically won but the colonists killed a lot of British soldiers so it was like a win to them, Pyrrhic victory. Which means like the British won but the the colonist killed a lot of soldiers so the won, but like not really.

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Declaration of Independence Adopted by Second Continental Congress  

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Declaration of Independence Adopted by Second Continental Congress  

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Date: July, 1776

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Recap in your own words: Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was a break  up letter to the British saying that they aren't treated fair and they want to be independent. The reasons are:
1. No representation in parliament

2. Writ of assistance

3. They taxed without representation

4.the British was a monarchy

5. British denied the peace

6.England wanted us to be loyal but we wanted independence

7.British had many rules and restrictions

8.we had to treat British soldiers like royalty and we didn’t want to

9.the tension never got better, only worse

10. Britain was stubborn over many topics

Who won and why: not a battle so no wins or losses

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Date: October, 1777

Location: New York

Recap in your own words: The British is wanting to control the water ways and so they come on land and in Saratoga and are attacked by the colonists on land and the battle last 18 days. They started attacking the British soldiers and they fought. Then the British were hoping more soldiers would come and help but they didn't. Also the colonists had better communication and the french came in after the battle and joined the war.

Who won and why: The colonists won because we had more men because the soldiers split up.  Major win for colonists. French joined the war.

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Date: Winter, 1777

Location: Pennsylvanian

Recap in your own words: Valley Forge is a place for the colonists soldiers to rest close to Philadelphia to watch over how and when his winter quarters but far enough away to avoid a surprise attack. The colonists are resting because it is winter and they are resting to get healthy like a pauses in the war. The colonist had to build a place to stay like a fort because George Washington didn't want to make colonists house the soldiers in the war, like the British are doing. The colonists troops are going to train and learn from a Russian general. They are going to transformed from ordinary citizens into a true army. Congress keeps presenting anyone with a accent and fancy cloths into a genera and we could win the war like that if we keep it up. General Gates and is wanting to go against George Washington and he needs to be warned. The colonists don't like the Russian general that is trying to teach them how to be professional. Everything worked out in the end and the supplies finally came and the continental army and are coming together and are finally a real army.

Who won and why: no one it wasn't a battle

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Date: October, 1781

Location:  Virginia

Recap in your own words: France cut off financial military aid because we have not shown any results. Cornwallis was not listening to the orders and instead is moving from the Carolina's to Virginia and risk loosing gain. Washington and Comte Rochambeau met again to plan an attack on New York City. Instead of attacking Henry Clinton there was already ships that Rochambeau ordered De Grasse and his nave to to go to Virginia before the plan was set in place. To get the colonists troops out of New York undetected by Clinton, so the sent fake battle plans that got "lost" and found by the British. They made them think they were going to make a joint attack. They got out of New York undetected and and met up with Rochambeau's troops Dobbs ferry NY to jointly march south. Tom Graves and his troops were making their way to Virginia to help Cornwallis. The British set up a plan where they were in control of the waters but De Grasse was closer and was almost at the Chesapeake Bay. When he got there he had 30 ships and 3,000 new troops to join Marquis de Lafayette who was already in Virginia. The French took control over the Chesapeake Bay. When Graves and his British ships got there Be Grasse ships were blocking the was into the bay. They started to fight and the British lost. The British troops went to the Yorktown area with 5,500 troops and would grow to 7,000 troops. The British set up camps about 13 miles from Cornwallis the British were outnumbered and were cut off by the french fleet. They patriot  were getting closer and closer and were creeping up on the British. On October 3rd the the patriots surrounded Yorktown and were ready to launch the siege. The patriots were bombarding the Redcoats positions. They finally stared to fight and the British were out numbered and they were overwhelmed.  Also Cornwallis surrendered because we were winning and they were overwhelmed.

Who won and why: The Patriots won the battle because we were ahead of the British and we had more men that we a trained and the British were outnumbered.

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Treaty of Paris of 1783 which ends the war 

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Treaty of Paris of 1783 which ends the war 

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Date: Early 1783

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Recap in your own words: The war didn't end with the surrender of Cornwallis because the British still had New York, Charleston, and Savannah. The United States sent delegates to Paris France to work out a treaty. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay were for the US. In April of 1783 the American Congress approved a document. And on September the 3rd 1783 the treaty was sighed and the war ended. Britain also made peace with France and Spain

Who won and why: The continental army won and the United States is now not under the control of Britain.