american revolutionary war artemas ward battle of bunker hill battle of chelsea creek battles of lexington and concord benedict arnold boston boston harbor boston massacre boston tea party british army colony of rhode island and providence plantations commander-in-chief connecticut colony continental army continental congress evacuation day fortification of dorchester heights francis bernard george washington governor of massachusetts gunpowder henry knox intolerable acts israel putnam john burgoyne john trumbull kingdom of great britain letters to the inhabitants of canada massachusetts massachusetts government act military campaign military occupation militia naval operations in the american revolutionary war new york city new york and new jersey campaign northern theater of the american revolutionary war after saratoga nova scotia parliament of great britain paul revere philadelphia campaign powder alarm province of massachusetts bay province of new hampshire regiment rout saratoga campaign second continental congress siege of boston sons of liberty southern theater of the american revolutionary war thirteen colonies thomas gage townshend acts western theater of the american revolutionary war