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The battle at lexington and concord
====The war stared when british troops whent to take gunpowerd stores in the town of Concord. First the Redcoats fought the mintmen of the town of Lexington. the mintmen where out numder and outgun. The mintmen where crushed by the power of the empire. The Redcoats then attacked the town of Concord. Mintmen once more fought the redcoats, and lost once more. Redcoats then distroyed the amrican's powered stores. On the way back to boston, the redcoats fought groups of mintmen using Guerilla warfare to slowly pick off the British lines. Once the redcoats made it to boston, their numders where weaked. The British where then put under siege by the mintmen of the country side. Yet the mintmen needed canon to fight the british, and the place where they are going to get it is at Fort ticonderoga.==== =The Seize of Ft. ticonderoga= ====Ft.Ticonderoga was very important the the victory at boston. This New York fort had some things the mintmen needed badly, canon. This is very important to mantain the siege of boston ( are you going to break a siege if canon are basting at you and your new dead friends). Any ways the fort was taken by the Green mountian boys, with other mintmen, by joint command of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold. then one day the mintmen came out of no where and took the fort. After all of the troops were gathered, the battle started. The battle was lost for the birtish since the start. Not knowing that they will be fighting a battle that day, the troops were painiced. This victory helped the yanks in boston that needed these canon ot fight the birtish at the battle of bunker hill.==== =The battle of bunker hill.=

====Once Ft.ticonderoge was seize, the militia were set. for months, the birtish were besiege by the yanks. On June 13, 1775 the militia set up a fort at Breed's Hill (the fort should have been place on bunker hil). When the fort was set up, the birtish came up with a plan. The plan is to break the siege by taking the fort at Breeds's hill. So the birtish will attack by sea landing to take breed's hill. the next day the fort was set up, the birtish attacked breed's hill. low on ammo, a wiliam prescott sad "do not fire intil you see the whites of their eyes". the militia fought wave after wave of british redcoats but in vain. The hill was lost but the british lost many troops. In all over 800 wounded and 226 killed in this battle. It was a victory, but at a cost of many lives.==== =Fighting in new york / defeat on Long Island= ====﻿After the victory at boston, the british seize new york city. In late August, the British transported about 22,000 men (including 9,000 Hessians) to Long Island. a few days later a battle will start that will crush the militia. At the battle of long island, a huge mistake was made, washington left his flank open to the british force. So the british attack the american flank. Then the british made a mistake of their own. After the battle the british can attack the americans and distory the militia, but they didn't. So the Americans when back to their camps and got boats to sail across the East River to Manhattan. Once the americans were there, Washington divided his troops. 5,000 troops stayed in the city, then the rest of the army when to Harlem Heights. On September 15, General Howe landed about 12,000 men, taking the city. Howe again opted for a flanking maneuver to take Fort Washington. Washington made a other smart move, and moved most of his troops to White Plains. Yet not all of his troops moved with him. 3,000 American troops were taken by the british. The british then moved in to stay for a winter in New York. Well the Amreicans didn't stay in new york, their fighting that winter help the Amreican Ravolution, in it's low point.====

=﻿The low point.= ====﻿After the lost at new york and boston, amreican wasn't thinking this was the best of ideas. Washington troops was down to 5,000 men, and getting smaller. Many troop had their enlistments expired at the end of the year, and many were not renlisting. The lost of boston, and New York caused a rise in Loyalist activity. The amreicans were losing the war, yet Congress had abandoned Philadelphia so yeah their were on the run. In england spirts were high. The americans are getting distroyed by the empire, and this is a reson to be happy.====

=﻿Patroit Gains/ africans americans fight= ====﻿As you Know, Washington army was getting smaller. Washington had to pleaded with congress to enlist more troops for the army. There wasn't many white guys that want to fight, but the African american population was huge. early on in the war the south persuaded congress to not have africans to figth in the army. Yet at this low point in the war, troops are needed from every walk of life. Many africans signed up because their don't want to be inslaved anymore. The sad part bout this is that the british empire banned slavery befor american, and that brings up a other point. Not only did the Africans americans fought for the Americans, they also fought for the british empire. The british said that ensalved Africans can figth for the british, and then be free to live in canada. More over both sides used Africans to win the war, and this will help American with become a salve free country.====

=﻿Americans wins in New Jersey= ====Many european empires didn't fight in winter. Mostly becaause the army's didn't figth well in the winter. The armys of this time didn't have the gear to figth in the winter. Troops went to a city and sat around for the winter. Washington wanted to used this to to help win the war. After the lost of the summer, Washington needed to win in the winter to save the revolution. To bost moral he will lead a attack at the city of Trenton, a place where Hessians troops stared for the winter.Washington and 2,400 troops crossed the Delaware river to the Hessians camp. Being X-mas, the troops were off guard, and didn't see the attack coming. So on December 26, 1776 22 Hessians die, 83 wounded ,and 896 were captures. Think how the Americans were thinking when all of these troops were capture. This boasted American moral, and might have saved the revolution. After this Washington Seized the city, he went away to attack the city of Princeton. at the same time Cornwallis army moved out of New York to attack Washington. Cornwallis army attack the Americans, but were not there in'till sundown. By this time Washington left Trenton, and was on his way to Princeton. Washington attack the British troops at Princeton, forcing them to leave the city. ==== =The British plan for victory, and pilly is captured!= ====The British plan when like this, cut the colony in half. Take Albany and the Hudson river, and you have just won the war. This plan didn't seem that hard to put into action, but it turned the world upside down. Philadelphia will have to be taken for this plan to work, so they did take it. Philadelphia was were congress was set, so thy got up, and moved out. After the fall of ==== ==== Philadelphia, Washington attack the city of Germantown. this turned out to be a massive wast of time because he failed. Even after Washington wast of time, there is still fighting. The British army, under the command of John Burgoyne, started to put the plan in action. Yet even with 8,000 troops on his side, that dose not mean it was fast. ==== =Burgoyne is slow/ Sartoga. = ====Now Burgoyne wasn't trained in the fast marching speeds that Washington was know for. Not he made every one line up and wear nice big red targets on the coats. The Americans on the other hand had gun that love to shoot the big red targets. This is one reason that Burgoyne is so slow, but he also had many wagons filled with things that will slow him down. Anyways Fort Ticonderoga was taken on the way to Albany. After some marching Burgoyne's Troops were down in the dumps. Low on supply and having lost a massive bit of his army, Burgoyne when to Saratoga. Here he hope that reinforcements will come to save the day, but they didn't. Before the army came to the aid of Burgoyne, the Americans came to the fight. Out number, the British didn't have a chance to win this battle. To put it in numbers the British were 7,000 strong, and the yanks were 10,000 strong. More over the battle came down to one bad flanking move. After calling off the attack ,and having the note fall in American, Burgoyne was doomed to fail. So he put up the white flag of peace. Mr.Burgoyne put on his best bright red target, and when to surrender his army. This battle will have a huge affect on the american revolution. Why because of France. ====

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