The continental army under the command of General George Washington surrounded Boston with the British army's own cannons!
Bunker Hill.
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.
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.
Forced colonists to harbor British soldiers Taxed legal documents Closed Boston's port Increased taxes on sugar and stamps
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.
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.
He found 16,000 troops and placed cannons in front of the British ships.
Battle of Lexington and Concord
forced colonists to harbor British soldiers closed Boston's port
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.
Patriots dumped British cargo's of Tea to protest the taxation being forced upon them. The Boston Tea Party was born.
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.
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.