Cailie Fruge's Battle Timeline by cailie https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i en-us 2020-11-12 20:06:53 UTC 2020-11-18 20:05:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Battles of lexington and Concord cailiefruge https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918318978 Date: April, 1775
Location: Massachusetts 
Recap in your own words: British soldiers are going to Concord to capture militia leaders and guns. Halfway there, at Lexington, a few colonist go against the soldiers. This is where the first shot of the American Revolution "The shot heard round the world" was shot. Then the soldiers keep on going to Concord, but when they get to the bridge that enters town there are around 300  colonist 
Who won and why: colonist because they had more soldiers 
]]> 2020-11-12 20:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918318978 Declaration of Independence adopted by Second Continental Congress cailiefruge https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918324519 Date:  July, 1776
Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania 
Recap in your own words: The colonist were tired of the king so they sent him a letter saying they wanna break away. the breakup letter was written by Thomas Jefferson.
Who won and why:
]]> 2020-11-12 20:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918324519 Battle of Saratoga (turning point of the war) cailiefruge https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918336765 Date: October, 1777
Location: New York
Recap in your own words: The British are in control of many northern rivers but they wanted to control Albany. The colonist were gathering before Albany at Saratoga. There weren't enough British soldiers to fight the colonist so they wait 2 weeks for more of the British to arrive while also gathering more of there own troops. No more British soldiers came so the colonist fought them.
Who won and why: Colonist because they had more troops 
]]> 2020-11-12 20:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918336765 Valley Forge and crisis cailiefruge https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918342108 Date: Winter, 1777
Location: Pennsylvania
Recap in your own words: People were leaving the war because it was getting colder and harder. Thomas Paine wrote "The Crisis" to encourage people not to leave when things got tough.
Who won and why:
]]> 2020-11-12 20:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918342108 British surrender at Yorktown cailiefruge https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918344840 Date: October, 1781
Location: Virginia 
Recap in your own words: With the help of Lafayette's troops the American troops built trenches all around Yorktown. The British general didn't have a chance to rebuild the defenses cause we fired 24/7 for a week. The Americans only lost about 39 men.
Who won and why: Colonist because we bombarded them
]]> 2020-11-12 20:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918344840 Treaty of Paris of 1783 which ends the war cailiefruge https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918347575 Date: Early 1783
Location: 
Recap in your own words: The United States and great Britain sent delegates to Paris to work out a treaty. On September third the treaty was signed officially ending the war.
Who won and why: The colonist because the treaty ended the war.
]]> 2020-11-12 20:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/918347575 Bunker Hill cailiefruge https://padlet.com/cailiefruge/fxtmi647yq8om00i/wish/929024999 Date:  June 17, 1775
Location: Massachusetts
Recap in your own words:  The British were planing to capture bunker hill but the colonist got there first. They fortified the hill and won the first two rounds. Then they ran out of ammunition  so they had to retreat, and because of this they "lost".
Who won and why: Pyrrhic British victory 
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