Boston campaign

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campaign of the American Revolutionary War military campaign

The Boston campaign was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War in 1775–1776, during which colonial and British forces clashed around Boston, culminating in the British evacuation of the city.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Boston campaign canonical	11
American Revolution in Boston	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	campaign of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Boston ⓘ surface form: Siege of Boston campaign
belligerent	Continental Army ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Patriot militia ⓘ Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
cause	tensions over British taxation and imperial policy ⓘ
combatantSide	Loyalists ⓘ Patriots ⓘ
commander	Artemas Ward ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Israel Putnam ⓘ John Stark ⓘ Joseph Warren ⓘ John Parker ⓘ surface form: William Prescott
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	Great Britain ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
dateRange	1775–1776 ⓘ
endDate	1776-03-17 ⓘ
followedBy	New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ Siege of Boston ⓘ surface form: Fortification of Dorchester Heights Siege of Boston ⓘ
involves	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ New England colonial militias ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts militia Royal Navy ⓘ
location	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
notableEvent	British evacuation of Boston on March 17, 1776 ⓘ appointment of George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army ⓘ arrival of Henry Knox’s artillery train from Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ fortification of Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston ⓘ
opponentCommander	Henry Clinton ⓘ John Burgoyne ⓘ Thomas Gage ⓘ William Howe ⓘ
partOf	Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: North American theater of the American Revolutionary War
precededBy	Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Intolerable Acts crisis
primaryTheater	New England ⓘ
result	Siege of Boston ⓘ surface form: British evacuation of Boston Patriot strategic victory ⓘ
significance	led to the end of formal British military presence in Boston ⓘ marked the opening phase of large-scale hostilities in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
startDate	1775-04-19 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battles of Lexington and Concord → partOf → Boston campaign ⓘ

Siege of Boston → alsoKnownAs → Boston campaign ⓘ

Battle of Bunker Hill → relatedEvent → Boston campaign ⓘ

Battle of Bunker Hill → campaign → Boston campaign ⓘ

Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasPart → Boston campaign ⓘ

New York and New Jersey campaign → precededBy → Boston campaign ⓘ

Nathanael Greene → participatedIn → Boston campaign ⓘ

Battle of Chelsea Creek → partOf → Boston campaign ⓘ

Bostonian Society → hasSubject → Boston campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Revolution in Boston

Battle of Menotomy → partOfCampaign → Boston campaign ⓘ

Rufus Putnam → participantIn → Boston campaign ⓘ

New York campaign of 1776 → precededBy → Boston campaign ⓘ