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The continental army under the command of General George Washington surrounded Boston with the British army's own cannons!

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Because the colonists sneaked onto the British's ship that filled with tea, and they threw the tea over board in order to protest the tea tax.

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Q: Why were the British forced out of Boston?
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What did Britain do in the buildup to American Revolution?

forced colonists to harbor British soldiers closed Boston's port


What battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?

Bunker Hill.


What brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?

Bunker Hill.


Why didnt the people of Boston want the British soldiers to be there?

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.


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chuck Norris As a Bostonian, I'm personally offended by that answer. A Massachusetts militia forced the evacuation of Boston after 11 months of siege.


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He found 16,000 troops and placed cannons in front of the British ships.


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Battle of Lexington and Concord


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forced colonists to harbor British soldiers closed Boston's port


How did the colonists respond to coercive act?

The Coercive Act is a punishmet for the Boston Tea party.The colonist paid for the tea they had dumped.They sent even more British soldiers to Boston and forced colonists to house and feed them.


A substance dumped into the harbor of Boston?

Patriots dumped British cargo's of Tea to protest the taxation being forced upon them. The Boston Tea Party was born.


Where did the British go after the battle of Lexington?

The British army then marched toward Concord, but were met there with superior numbers of Patriot forces and were forced to retreat back to Boston.


Why were Washington's troops jubilant on march 17 1776?

George Washington put cannons at Dorchester Heights and this forced the British to leave Boston. 11,000 British troops and some 1,000 Loyalists departed Boston for Nova Scotia, Canada.