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American Revolution
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Paul Revere Ride
Rode to Concord to inform troops that the British were coming -
British Troops
700 British troops spent the evening on Boston Common with orders to seize the colonial armoury at Concord -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Howe's 2300 troops encountered withering fire while storming the rebel lines which lead to a moral victory for the Americans -
Washington takes command
Washington assumed command of the American forces at Cambridge -
Battle for New York
General Howe crossed the narrows to the Long Island shore and scored a smashing victory over the Americans. -
American Victory
The last British forces finally left New York and Washington reentered the city in triumph.