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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 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 ...
December 14, 1774: New Hampshire: American insurgents seize powder and shot after brief skirmish. [2] Battles of Lexington and Concord: April 19, 1775: Massachusetts: American insurgent victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses. [3] Siege of Boston: April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776: Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Powder Alarm was a major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine near Boston by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on September 1, 1774.
The British in Boston: Being the Diary of Lieutenant John Barker of the King's Own Regiment from November 15, 1774 to May 31, 1776. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. OCLC 3235993. Daughan, George C. (2018). Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round the World. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978-0-393-24574-5.
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. Chidsey, Donald Barr (1966). The Siege of Boston. Boston: Crown. OCLC 890813. Frothingham, Richard Jr. (1851). History of the Siege of Boston and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, Second Edition. Boston: Charles C. Little and ...
1774–1776 Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. B. Battles of the Boston campaign (11 P) Pages in category "Boston campaign"