After the Continentals capture Dorchester Heights, the British Army and Navy must leave Boston right away. Loyalists crowd onto ship and escape to Halifax. Gen. Howe spares the city in exchange for the Continentals not firing on the city or the fleet during the evacuation.
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Episode 152 Fort Stanwix and Oriskany
Episode 151 The St. Leger Expedition
Episode 150 Howe Leaves New York
Episode 149 Lafayette Comes to America
Episode 148 Murder of Jane McCrea
Episode 147 Kidnapping General Prescott
Episode 146 Battle of Hubbardton
Episode 145 Retreat from Ticonderoga
Episode 144 Defense of Fort Ticonderoga
Episode 143 Burgoyne's Northern Army
Episode 142 Disease and the Revolution
Episode 141 Congress Returns to Philadelphia
Episode 140 Battle of Short Hills
Episode 139 Meigs Raid on Sag Harbor
Episode 138 Battle of Thomas Creek
Episode 137 Lambert Wickes
Episode 136 Franklin in Paris
Episode 135 The Danbury Raid
Episode 134 The Battle of Bound Brook
Episode 133 The Peekskill Raid
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