1776
Boston and the heights of Dorchester, sketched from a hill outside the town on 24 January 1776.Image: Unknown artist (New York Public Library) · Public domainworld · Americas
The British leave Boston
For eleven months after the fighting at Lexington and Concord, American militia besieged the British army in Boston. Early in March 1776 George Washington’s men fortified Dorchester Heights overnight with cannon dragged from Fort Ticonderoga, putting the town and harbour within range. Rather than attack the heights, General William Howe chose to leave. On 17 March 1776 about 11,000 soldiers and Loyalists sailed away for Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was Washington’s first great success of the war, and Boston still marks the day as Evacuation Day.
Source: US National Park Service: The evacuation of Boston, 1776 ↗
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