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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Location: Lexington and Concord, towns outside of Boston
Date: April 19, 1775Key Leaders: John Barker (in charge of minutemen)
Key Facts: * Happened because the British were trying to catch
troublemakers in Lexington and destroy supplies in Concord
* The first shots of the Revolution were fired there
* Patriots won the battle
* As a result of this battle, George Washington was chosen as the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Lexington and Concord School House Rock
Map/Timeline
Battle of Lexington and Concord Rap
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"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
Colonel William Prescott
What do you think Colonel Prescott meant?
Make a quick sketch of your thoughts.
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Location: Bunker Hill/Breed's Hill
Date: June 17, 1775
Key Leaders: General Warren, General Ward
Key Facts:* Taught Americans a lot
* Even though the Patriots had to surrender because they ran
out of gunpowder, they learned just how powerful they
were because they killed many men in the British army
* Soon after this, British left to go to New York, hoping to find
loyalists there
Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
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Too Late to Apologize
Too Late to Apologize
by Emilia Grant (adapted from the original by OneRepublic)
Halfway across the globe
And we're standing on new ground
Screaming 'cross the waves
You can't hear a sound
There's no fair trials, no trade, no liberties
No tea
We've colonized America; we won't stand for tyranny,
Oh king
And it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize
It's too late
We've paid your foolish tax, read the acts
And they just won't do
We want to make it clear, we believe this much is true
All men were created with certain
Unalienable rights
Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit
Of happiness
And it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said It's too late to apologize
It's too late
It's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
Halfway across the globe
And we're standing on new ground
See Declaration of Independence SB document
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Location: Saratoga, NYDate: September 19, 1777 - October 7, 1777Key Leaders: Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Lincoln
Key Facts: * THE turning point of the war for the Patriots (Patriots
won)
* American forces defeated the British in their attempt
to split the colonies at the Hudson River
* Since the French saw how well prepared the Patriots
were, they agreed to enter into an alliance with them --
which gave Americans French money and the French Navy
Battle of Saratoga
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Siege of Charleston
Location: port of Charleston, SCDate: 1779-1780Key Leaders: Governor Rutledge, General Charles Lee,
General Clinton(British)
Key Facts: * The British came to SC thinking they would find more loyalists.
* The port of Charleston was under siege by the British
for many days.
* The British used a blockade of the harbor to cut off supplies until the Patriots had to give up to the British.
* Patriots fought both British soldiers and Loyalists using hit and run tactics.
OUTCOME: The Patriots surrendered to the British.
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Battle of CowpensLocation: Cowpens, SC
Date: January 1781
Key Leaders: General Daniel Morgan
General Cornwallis
Key Facts: * Showed the cooperation of the regular Continental Army and
the irregular partisan forces
* The partisans led the attack and then fled the field, tricking the
British into thinking that the Americans were retreating
* Instead the partisans tricked the British into range of the regular American army
* The British lost and retreated towards Virginia
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Battle of Yorktown
Location: Yorktown, VirginiaDate: Battle began in 1781 , 1783- Treaty of Paris ended the American
RevolutionKey Leaders: George Washington
Key Facts:* The final battle of the war.
* The French Navy assisted George Washington and his army by blockading the harbor - this prevented British ships from entering the harbor
and the British that were in Virginia from escaping.
* The British were surrounded and defeated by American and French forces.