THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
LEXINGTON CONCORD AND BUNKER HILL THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS
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Battle of Dorchester Heights
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Battle of Lexington
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Battle of Concord
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the winter of 1775-76, Colonel Henry Knox, brought fifty-nine cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army besieging Boston, an incredible 300-mile trek over frozen rivers and snowy mountains. General George Washington emplaced these long-range guns on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.
Detailed explanation-2: -Washington first placed some of the heavy cannons from Ticonderoga at Lechmere’s Point and Cobble Hill in Cambridge, and on Lamb’s Dam in Roxbury.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 17, 1776, British forces are forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington’s successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooks the city from the south.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Yorktown siege was primarily an artillery battle. The allies bombarded the British with cannon, like the one on the right, mortars, and howitzers. During the eight-day siege, they fired an average of 1, 700 cannon balls and bombs per day: over one a minute.