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Wanna learn more about the American Revolution and the people involved in it? Alexander Hamilton fun facts and such are also included
Sorry...it has been quite a while since I have last updated this little book. Heh. Here are some events that had occurred during the Revolution in the month of May.
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1765
May 29: Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!" speech
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May 30: The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
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1773
May 10: The Tea Act
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1774
May 20: Administration of Justice Act , one of the "Intolerable Acts"
May 20: Massachusetts Government Act , one of the Intolerable Acts
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1775
May 10: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga
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May 10: The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
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1777
May 20: Treaty of DeWitt's Corner, SC: Cherokees lose lose most of their land east of the mountains
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1778
May 20: Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania. Lafayette with 500 men and about 50 Oneida Indians successfully evade British onslaught.
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1779
May 11-13: Maj. General Augustin Prévost (brother of Jacques, see above[sike]) breaks his siege when American forces under Maj. Gen. Lincoln approaches
1780
May 12: British capture Charleston, SC
May 29: British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC
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1781
May 15: British Major Andrew Maxwell cedes Fort Granby, SC to patriot Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee
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