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=LEXINGTON AND CONCORD:The first real battle ,the shot heard around the world.A battle that happened at Lexington,eight men died in the American side,at Concord 73 British died.The American's won the battle and chased the british back to Philidelphia.= =Sieze of Ft Ticonderoga= Benedict Arnold was authorized to raise a force of 400 to seize fort Ticonderoga. He learned that Ethan Allenwas also going to attack the fort. Together they caught the British by surprise. Arnold conspired to surrender the Key fort West Point and double crossed the Americans and became general in in the army. =__Battle At Bunker__= During the battle, Colonial Prescott shouted to his soilders "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes" which really means dont waste your gunpowder. At the end of the war, the Americans ran out of gunpowder and had to withdraw from it. So afterall, the British won the battle at Bunker Hill. But they also suffered lots of heavy losses. More than 1000 dead and wounded. ==

=FIGHTING IN NEW YORK:= During the summer of 1776,Britain sent 32,000 troops to New York. The British General William Howe thought that the size of his army would convince the patriots to give up.General William Howe was wrong. ==

=﻿DEAFEAT ON LONG ISLAND= Less than 20,000 troops, the colonies are out numbered, obviosly yhe Americans lost. Then Nathan Hale has been hung beacuse the british found out that he was a spy. He disguised himself as a Dutch schoolteacher. Now people see him as a great hero.

=Low Point= The Patriots' cause was near collapse. Most soldiers completed their terms of service and went home. Others ran away. Washington wrote tohis brother that if new soldiers were not recuited soon they would lose.

= = =**__Patriot Gains__**= George Washington asked Congress to enlist free African American's. The southern states didn't want congress to allow African American's in the Continental Army. White people in the south didn't feel right to give guns to the African's to serve as soiders. The need for soilders really grew, so some states ignored the ban and enlisted the African's. By the end of the war, every state except South Carolina enlisted African American's to fight. The American's and African American's both fought because they both belived that in the Patriot cause or they needed money. Other people fought because they just wanted to earn there freedom.

=AFRICAN AMERICANS JOIN THE FIGHT:= when the continental army needed more soldiers, some states enlisted African Americans to fight in the war.In 1778,Rhode Island raised an all African American regiment to fight.more than 5,00 African american's enlisted with the patriots to earn there freedom or if they ran away.They believed in they patriots cause to win the war.

=British Plan for victory 1777= The Britidh was going to take Albany and gain control of the Hudson river. John Burgoyne would lead nearly 8000 troops. Howe planned to take Philadelphia before taking Albany. His troops captured the city. He decided to stay there for the rest of the winter. =THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA:= At Saratoga general Burgoyne was in deep trouble.he expected British forces from the west and south but they did not come. The Americans stopped st.Legers army and blocked Burgoyne's path to the south.Plus,Burgoyne was outnumbered by the Americans 3 to 1and was surrounded by General Horatio Gates and his army.Burgoyne made a last desperate attack on the Americans to brake through but failed because the Americans held the line firm.On October 17,1777,General Burgoyne surrendered.The battle at Saratoga marked the turning point of the war.