THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Sybil volunteered to round up the members of her father’s militia.
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The British tried to end protests in Boston by sending soldiers to occupy the city.
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The Continental Congress first met in Philadelphia.
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Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On March 5, 1770, a crowd confronted eight British soldiers in the streets of the city. As the mob insulted and threatened them, the soldiers fired their muskets, killing five colonists.
Detailed explanation-2: -In response to the Boston Tea Party and other acts of protest, 4, 000 British troops were sent to occupy Boston under the command of General Thomas Gage and to pacify the restive Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Boston Massacre Late in the afternoon of March 5, 1770, British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally.
Detailed explanation-4: -In early March 1776, Washington’s men fortified Dorchester Heights, an elevated position just outside of Boston. Realizing Boston was indefensible to the American positions, the British evacuated the town on March 17 and the siege came to an end.