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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Battle of Yorktown (Do we win the last battle?)

This is it! The last battle has come! George Washington had been preparing his solider for a very long time just for this battle. This battle determines which side (Patriot or British) will win over each other. However, Washington had a secret weapons, their allies, the French!  They had been put together for freedom and to kick the British rump!! On the day of October,17th,1781  they waited had on 5,500 french soldiers, but then received contact that the French had headed the wrong way. Washington let it be and they had followed. Then the Battle had started the French had created a block so the British wasn't able to escape from there DOOM! AMAZING right? In the end the Patriots flag was standing! And the British had lost! The Patriots had received there freedom which they had longed for since the beginning! This is what created the war and now its all over!!! This resulted in the Treaty of Paris

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Battle of Bunker Hill!

The battle of Bunker Hill was named after were the battle was! The British were conniving little torries (people who are loyal to Britain) had decided had planned a "sneak attack". The "sneak attack" happened on June 17th 1775. On that day they had moved the position of attack. With this plan the British had won!! Although they won they had a 
Pyrrhic victory,even though they won they had suffered a great deal from that victory!:) Thats great for us, but BAD for them!!! HA HA HA!!! Although they probably  had a smile or two since they won!!:)



Boston Massacar




Boston Massacre  happened on March 5th 1775.  Battle took place because of the arguing between the British and Americans because of the Townsend Act. It took place on American territory. Shots were fired from everywhere. An incident that led to the deaths of five civilians all together. Three civilians were killed at the scene of the shooting, eleven were injured, and two died after the incident. The famous quote "The British are coming" came from this battle. 









Monday, November 15, 2010

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

April 19 1775 is the date of the first battle!!
First shot was fired early morning at Lexington. There were 700 British army regulars who fought in the war. The main motive of the British were to capture the Americans weapons, but epically failed because the Americans had already received the information a head of time. So we the Americans, had ruined there plan!! At the North Bridge at Concord about 500 militiamen fought and defeated three companies of the kings troops, which help Americans with the battle.