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01/01/1776 |
Flag of the United Colonies is raised in Charlestown. |
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01/10/1776 |
Paine, Thomas. “Common Sense.” |
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01/24/1776 |
Henry Knox arrives in Cambridge with the artillery captured from Fort Ticonderoga. |
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02/14/1776 |
British troops sweep Dorchester Neck. |
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02/16/1776 |
Gen. George Washington proposes to attack Boston at a Council of War in Cambridge. |
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02/28/1776 |
Gen. George Washington writes to Phillis Wheatley from Cambridge. |
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03/02/1776 |
Boston is fired upon by the Colonial forts surrounding the town. |
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03/02/1776 |
British garrison on Castle Island fires on Colonists working on Dorchester Point. |
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03/04/1776 |
Dorchester Heights is fortified. |
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03/05/1776 |
Gen. Washington calls for the British to surrender Boston. |
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