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The Siege Of Boston: Washington's First Victory

Second essay in a free series on the American Revolution

Apr 15, 2026
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Detail of the 1772 portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale

America’s first president had a gift for surprises. “With me it has always been a maxim rather to let my designs appear from my works than by my expressions”, George Washington wrote in 1797.1 At sunrise on 5 March 1776, the British occupiers of Boston woke up to discover that overn…

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