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The siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. [5] In the siege, American patriot militia led by newly-installed Continental Army commander George Washington prevented the British Army , which was garrisoned in Boston , from moving by land.
The Boston Campaign. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Publishing. ISBN 1-58097-007-9. OCLC 42581510. French, Allen (1911). The Siege of Boston. New York: Macmillan. OCLC 3927532. Frothingham, Richard (1903). History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill: Also an Account of the Bunker Hill Monument. Boston ...
April 19: Siege of Boston begins. June 17: Battle of Bunker Hill takes place near town. 1776 – March 17: Siege of Boston ends; British depart. [1] [18] 1784 – Massachusetts Bank founded. 1785 – Massachusetts Humane Society headquartered in Boston. [24] 1786 – Charles River Bridge built. [2] 1787 April: Fire. [2]
The Boston campaign was the opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War, taking place primarily in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.The campaign began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, in which the local colonial militias interdicted a British government attempt to seize military stores and leaders in Concord, Massachusetts.
The siege of Boston 1775–1776 In the morning, Boston was surrounded by a huge militia army, numbering over 15,000, which had marched from throughout New England. [ 120 ] Unlike the Powder Alarm , the rumors of spilled blood were true, and the Revolutionary War had begun.
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