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Date: April, 1775

Location: Lexington and Concord

Recap in your own words: A group of British Solidier's were sent to capture a arsenal of supplies. The British fight in Lexington with a small militia, but the British march to Concord in head of the supplies the colonist gather in Concord to fight off the British.

Who won and why The colonist's lost at Lexington, but bought enough time to gather a militia of 300 colonist in Concord. The colonist outnumbered the British and thats how they won.

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Date: June, 1775

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Recap in your own words: The colonials overheard British Troops saying they were going to control Bunker hill and Breeds hill. The colonials built overnight and ambushed the British Troops, the colonial troops killed half of the British army but ran out of ammunition.

Who won and why The colonist lost but it was a Phyrrhic Victory, the colonist lost since they didn't have enough ammunition.

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Date: July, 1776

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Recap in your own words: The Declaration of Independence was a document that said the we free, the wanted to be an independent colony and they thought a monarchy was a very unfair Goverment. It was written by Thomas Jefferson and he listed most of the reasons why every colony wanted to break free.

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Date:  October, 1777

Location: New York

Recap in your own words: The British Troops tried to take control of the river but the colonist have to many troops already in Saratoga. Saratoga is considered the turning point. The 6000 troops of the British were forced to surrender.

Who won and why The colonist won since they had more troops and were prepared for when the British arrived.

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Date: Winter, 1777

Location: Pennsylvania

Recap in your own words: Valley Forge was NOT a battle, It was a training camp located in Pennsylvania. The shortage of food, lack of clothing, and illness's were very common and sickness spread very quickly. The crisis was a book written by Thomas Paine to influence the colonist to join in the war.

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Date: October, 1781

Location: Yorktown, Virginia

Recap in your own words: George Washington sent fake commands to distract the British while French troops met with some of the colonist. During that time the French Navy pulled into the harbor in Yorktown without getting see, they hid till the British navy came. Degrass fought the British at around 4:00 PM and Degrass beat the British This was known as the Battle of Chesapeake. The American Troop met with Degrass's Navy, the American troop set up a camp in the James River. The siege'd on Yorktown, The Americans outnumbered the British. George fired an artillery bombardment that lasted for a week. General Cornwallis was outnumbered and couldn't rebuild due to the siege. George made trenches to advance on the British and soon forced them to surrender.

Who won and why The American's won because they had very good plans, and they tricked the British while they hid in Chesapeake bay.

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Date: Early 1783

Location: Paris, France

Recap in your own words: The treaty was to get the British to remove troops from the U.S, Recognized America as a Independent country, and America had a border. The also agreed that each side would it's debts, they would allow merchants to collect debt from Americans. America lost many lives, but the British lost more than double.