British blockade of Boston

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_blockade_of_Boston
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedPopulation Boston residents
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Siege_of_Boston
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Thomas_Gage
gptkb:General_George_Washington
gptkbp:effect Shortages of food and supplies in Boston
gptkbp:endDate March 1776
gptkbp:followedBy Siege of New York
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British blockade of Boston
gptkbp:imposedBy gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:location gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Intolerable_Acts
gptkbp:purpose To isolate and control Boston after colonial unrest
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Bunker_Hill
gptkb:Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord
Evacuation Day (Massachusetts)
gptkbp:result gptkb:British_evacuation_of_Boston
gptkbp:significance First major military action of the American Revolution
gptkbp:startDate April 1775
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Bostonians_in_Distress
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7