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    The document summarizes key events in 1775 during the American Revolution. It describes how on April 19th, the American Revolution began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where British troops confronted armed Massachusetts militiamen. This sparked widespread rebellion across the colonies, with colonial volunteers besieging British forces in Boston. On June 17th, the Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. George Washington then took command of the Continental Army outside Boston in July. Conflict continued as the Second Continental Congress formed a colonial government and navy while appealing to Europe for support against Britain.

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    The document summarizes key events in 1775 during the American Revolution. It describes how on April 19th, the American Revolution began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where British troops confronted armed Massachusetts militiamen. This sparked widespread rebellion across the colonies, with colonial volunteers besieging British forces in Boston. On June 17th, the Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. George Washington then took command of the Continental Army outside Boston in July. Conflict continued as the Second Continental Congress formed a colonial government and navy while appealing to Europe for support against Britain.

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    The document summarizes key events in 1775 during the American Revolution. It describes how on April 19th, the American Revolution began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where British troops confronted armed Massachusetts militiamen. This sparked widespread rebellion across the colonies, with colonial volunteers besieging British forces in Boston. On June 17th, the Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. George Washington then took command of the Continental Army outside Boston in July. Conflict continued as the Second Continental Congress formed a colonial government and navy while appealing to Europe for support against Britain.

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    The document summarizes key events in 1775 during the American Revolution. It describes how on April 19th, the American Revolution began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where British troops confronted armed Massachusetts militiamen. This sparked widespread rebellion across the colonies, with colonial volunteers besieging British forces in Boston. On June 17th, the Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. George Washington then took command of the Continental Army outside Boston in July. Conflict continued as the Second Continental Congress formed a colonial government and navy while appealing to Europe for support against Britain.

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    Conflict and Revolution ~ Eveniments happened in 1775 ~

    The

    American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thriteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British America, combining to become the Unites States of America.

    April

    14, 1775 - Massachusetts Governor Gage is secretly ordered by the British to enforce the Coercive Acts and suppress "open rebellion" among colonists by using all necessary force.

    April

    18, 1775 - General Gage orders 700 British soldiers to Concord to destroy the colonists' weapons depot. That night, Paul Revere and William Dawes are sent from Boston to warn colonists. Revere reaches Lexington about midnight and warns Sam Adams and John Hancock who are hiding out there.

    At dawn on April 19 about 70 armed Massachusetts militiamen stand face to face on Lexington Green with the British advance guard. An unordered 'shot heard around the world' begins the American Revolution. A volley of British muskets followed by a charge with bayonets leaves eight Americans dead and ten wounded. The British regroup and head for the depot in Concord, destroying the colonists' weapons and supplies. At the North Bridge in Concord, a British platoon is attacked by militiamen, with 14 casualties.

    British

    forces then begin a long retreat from Lexington back to Boston and are harassed and shot at all along the way by farmers and rebels and suffer over 250 casualties. News of the events at Lexington and Concord spreads like wildfire throughout the Colonies.

    April

    23, 1775 - The Provincial Congress in Massachusetts orders 13,600 American soldiers to be mobilized. Colonial volunteers from all over New England assemble and head for Boston, then establish camps around the city and begin a year long siege of British-held Boston.

    May

    10, 1775 - American forces led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga in New York. The fort contains a much needed supply of military equipment including cannons which are then hauled to Boston by ox teams.

    May

    10, 1775 - The Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, with John Hancock elected as its president. On May 15, the Congress places the colonies in a state of defense. On June 15, the Congress unanimously votes to appoint George Washington general and commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army.

    June 17, 1775 - The first major fight between British and American troops occurs at Boston in the Battle of Bunker Hill. American troops are dug in along the high ground of Breed's Hill (the actual location) and are attacked by a frontal assault of over 2000 British soldiers who storm up the hill.

    July

    3, 1775 - At Cambridge, Massachusetts, George Washington takes command of the Continental Army which now has about 17,000 men.

    July 5, 1775 - The Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition which expresses hope for a reconciliation with Britain, appealing directly to the King for help in achieving this. In August, King George III refuses even to look at the petition and instead issues a proclamation declaring the Americans to be in a state of open rebellion.

    July

    6, 1775 - The Continental Congress issues a Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms detailing the colonists' reasons for fighting the British and states the Americans are "resolved to die free men rather than live as slaves."

    July

    26, 1775 - An American Post Office is established with Ben Franklin as Postmaster General.

    November

    28, 1775 - The American Navy is established by Congress. The next day, Congress appoints a secret committee to seek help from European nations.

    December

    23, 1775 - King George III issues a royal proclamation closing the American colonies to all commerce and trade, to take effect in March of 1776. Also in December, Congress is informed that France may offer support in the war against Britain.

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