That first act concluded with the forced evacuation of the British occupying force from Boston. The initial clashes between the British Army and the colonial militias led to the British army ...

British troops and loyalists fled Boston by ship for Canada in "disgrace" after nearly a decade of occupation that incited protest, bloodshed and then revolution, on this day in history, March 17 ...

The 11-month period between those first skirmishes and Evacuation Day was called the “Siege of Boston.” It included the legendary battle of Bunker Hill, a month after which General George ...

The excellent “Rebellion 1776” alludes to notable milestones in the American Revolution—the siege of Boston, the signing of the Declaration of Independence—but the real focus is on the ...

The exhibition will be unveiled after a reception celebrating the anniversary of Evacuation Day, which commemorates the British evacuation following the nearly yearlong Siege of Boston.

Madam Draper’s News Letter, the only paper published in Boston during the siege, copies in its issue for July 13th a notice by William Cooper, the town clerk, which had appeared in one of the ...