As a Bostonian, I'm personally offended by that answer. A Massachusetts militia forced the evacuation of Boston after 11 months of siege.
The British evacuated Boston by sea on St. Patrick's Day 1776 after an 11-month siege. And that is why, to this day, kids in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, get St. Patty's day off from school.
Bunker Hill.
On March 4, 1776, the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, successfully completed the positioning of artillery on Dorchester Heights, overlooking Boston. This strategic move forced the British forces, who occupied the city, to evacuate. The event marked a significant turning point in the American Revolutionary War, as it effectively ended British control of Boston and boosted the morale of the colonial forces.
The continental army under the command of General George Washington surrounded Boston with the British army's own cannons!
George Grenville IMPROVEMENT The British commander in Boston was General Thomas Gage. He was also the British commander in chief in America.
The British evacuated Boston by sea on St. Patrick's Day 1776 after an 11-month siege. And that is why, to this day, kids in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, get St. Patty's day off from school.
In order to force the British to evacuate the city.
the british drove the Americans from Brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York.
forced colonists to harbor British soldiers closed Boston's port
Bunker Hill.
Bunker Hill.
Because in the past the British soldiers do not want Boston and they put Boston to pay taxes. The Boston colonists were forced to quarter the British soldiers. Quartering refers to housing and feeding them.
The siege of Boston ended with the British troops evacuating the city. They had to wait in Boston Harbor for a number of days for the wind to be favorable enough to set sail out of the Harbor.
It was the War of 1812. The British attacked on August 24,1814 and burned the White House.
He found 16,000 troops and placed cannons in front of the British ships.
On March 4, 1776, the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, successfully completed the positioning of artillery on Dorchester Heights, overlooking Boston. This strategic move forced the British forces, who occupied the city, to evacuate. The event marked a significant turning point in the American Revolutionary War, as it effectively ended British control of Boston and boosted the morale of the colonial forces.
Revolutionary War: Northern Front, 1775-1777 In the first eighteen months of armed conflict with the British (the conflict would not become a "war for independence" until July 4, 1776), Washington had begun to create an army and forced the British army in Boston to evacuate that city in March 1776.