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11/03/1775 |
Dr. Benjamin Church is expelled by the House of Representatives in Watertown. |
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11/15/1775 |
Henry Knox leaves Boston for Fort Ticonderoga. |
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11/30/1775 |
Colonial schooner Lee captures the HMS Nancy in Boston Harbor. |
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12/22/1775 |
Congress authorizes Gen. George Washington to attack Boston. |
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12/22/1775 |
Second Continental Congress approves plan to attack Boston in Philadelphia. |
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12/31/1775 |
Colonial troop encampments are established on Peter’s Hill and Weld Hill. |
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12/31/1775 |
Gen. George Washington plans an attack on Boston in Cambridge. |
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12/31/1775 |
Some 3,800 Colonial troops camp in John Eliot Square. |
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1775 |
During the harsh winter, British troops cut down trees in Boston for firewood. |
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01/01/1776 |
British officer carrying a flag of truce approaches the Colonial lines at Roxbury. |
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