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Date:  April, 1775

Location:  Massachusetts

Recap in your own words: British won at Lexington but lost at concord. Nobody knows who shot first. and the patriots chased the British back to Boston.

Who won and why: patriots won last battle and chased British troops back to Boston.

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Date: June 17, 1775

Location: Massachusetts

Recap in your own words: Surrender and wave there white flag. Although the British captured both breed's and bunker hills, they had more casualties.

Who won and why: British won because colonists ran out of supplies

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Date: July, 1776

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Recap in your own words: Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. The goal was to convince the States that the time had come for the United Colonies to declare  their independence  from Mother England. It was an incredibly difficult time for the young United States..

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Date: October, 1777

Location: New York

Recap in your own words:  it was two battles. the first battle took place on a farm. The British had so many more people. British spread out to take over the river so colonists wouldn't cross. British asked for reinforcement.

Who won and why: The Continental army. gaining  the northern colonies

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Date: Winter, 1777

Location:  Philadelphia

Recap in your own words: the Continental army had definitely improved since the last battle .

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Date: October, 1781

Location:  British surrender at yorktown.

Recap in your own words:  the British surrender at yorktown. then the general's troops march out of yorktown to the tune "the world turned upside down"

Who won and why: the Continental army because the British surrender.

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Date: Early, 1783

Location:  in Paris

Recap in your own words: The treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation.