Boston campaign

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/boston-campaign

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the campaign type?Opening military campaign of the American Revolutionary War
2. What is the primary location?Province of Massachusetts Bay, with Boston as the central focus
3. What was the Boston campaign and when did it start?The Boston campaign was the first part of the American Revolution. It began on April 19, 1775, when the British tried to take supplies in Concord.
4. Why did the battles of Lexington and Concord happen?They happened because the British were trying to seize weapons and arrest leaders. The colonists, especially the Minutemen, fought back to protect their town.

American Revolutionary War: The armed conflict (1775-1783) between Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies, resulting in American independence.
Militia: A military force raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
Siege: A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
Pyrrhic Victory: A victory that inflicts such devastating losses on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat.