this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2024
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Please note state lines were disputed as depicted. Notably NH had older claims to the VT territory claimed by NY. And this list isn't all inclusive, there were many small fights.

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[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

The British won the battles but lost the war.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Looks like the British were doing well

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

A lot of General Washington's strategy during the early war was tactical retreating. They were low on resources and it would prolong the war.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is there a higher quality image?

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I found it sold on this website that's mainly focused on gifts for early US history buffs. You might be able to get a slightly higher resolution version there. But I suspect they probably have the actual file not publicly available as they sell prints of it.