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Boston Tea Party
The colony of Massachusetts was seen by King George III and his ministers as the hotbed of disloyalty. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive measures that were intended to cow the restive population into obedience. -
Boston’s Committee of Correspondence dispatched Paul Revere
Revere issued a warning to local allies. The following day, several hundred men assembled and stormed the fort, capturing the six-man garrison, seizing a significant quantity of powder, and striking the British colours; a subsequent party removed the remaining cannons and small arms. -
The Status of Naval Forces at the Outbreak of War
The Continental Congress authorized the creation of the Continental Navy -
Massachusetts Declared to Be In A State of Open Revolt
Gage received a letter from Dartmouth informing him that Massachusetts had been declared to be in a state of open revolt and ordering him to “arrest and imprison the principal Actors and Abettors in the [Massachusetts] Provincial Congress.” -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Those killed and wounded at the Battles of Lexington and Concord numbered 273 British and 95 Americans. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle was a moral victory for the Americans. -
Washington Takes Command
On July 3 Washington assumed command of the American forces at Cambridge. -
The Battle for New York
The British force sailed on June 10, 1776, from Halifax to New York and on July 5 encamped on Staten Island. -
The surrender at Saratoga
Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga. -
French intervention and the decisive action at Virginia Capes
British maintained control of the North American seaboard for most of 1779 and 1780 -
Surrender of Cornwallis
Cornwallis surrendered his army of more than 7,000 men on October 19. -
Peace of Paris
Ended the U.S. War of Independence. Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States (with western boundaries to the Mississippi River) and ceded Florida to Spain.