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British General William Howe abandoned Boston in March 1776 because he was in a vulnerable position. The continental army had, overnight, set up cannons on a high point overlooking Howe's positions. He knew those cannon could not only hit his men, but the ships in the harbor. He had to pull out of Boston to save them.

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