EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Battle of Cowpens
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Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)
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Battle of Saratoga
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Midnight Ride was the alert to the American colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lead-Up to the Battles of Lexington and Concord King George III of Britain ramped up the military presence there, and in June 1774 he shut down the city’s harbor until colonists paid for tea dumped overboard the previous year. Soon after, the British Parliament declared that Massachusetts was in open rebellion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Paul Revere was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of British invasion before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Detailed explanation-4: -The militia had moved most of the supplies, and when the British came, the two groups met, and a shot rang out, followed by shooting on both sides. Eight militia and one British lay dead. The militia fled, and the British left after not finding the supplies.
Detailed explanation-5: -Then, at about 10 p.m. on April 18, 1775, Revere set out in the dark from his North Boston home by horse with William Dawes to reach Adams and Hancock. The two riders met Adams and Hancock in Lexington and enabled the revolutionaries to avoid arrest.