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april, 1775

Location: Massachusetts

Recap in your own words: there was too little colonies in lexington so they went to concord and the british were outnumbered there. and colonies won and british had to shamely march back to boston

Who won and why: colonists

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june 17, 1775
location:brenth hill
recap: colonist snuck up on british and killed the first few people of the battle and they won the first two but then ran out of amo.

who won: british, because the militia ran out of amo. colonist see this as a win though (pyrrhic victory)

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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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july,1776

Location:
philadelphia, pa

Recap in your own words:
tried to part from england nicely and peacefully but the king denied it

Who won and why: neither, it wasn't a battle

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october, 1777

Location: saratoga, NY

Recap in your own words: british hopes to get reinforcements but doesnt as the militia gets more, then british attacks another place then eventually surrenders

Who won and why:
colonists,they had better communication and after tis battle, the french helped them out

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winter, 1777

Location:
valley forge, PA

Recap in your own words:
a military camp so george washington can get the army he wants. little funds, not the place you want to be

Who won and why:
no one, not a battle

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october 1781

Location: yorktown, virgina

Recap in your own words: british were surrounded by colonists and french, no backup can come in so the british surrender right there

Who won and why: colonists, they started to get better war strategies and had french help them

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early 1783

Location: paris, france

Recap in your own words:
basically britain had to accept america as its own nation and it ended the war

Who won and why: colonists, they won the war