Importance of some Events Leading to/In the American Revolution?

I need some help.. What is the significance of the following events leading up to/in the American Revolution?





1. George Washington at Valley Forge:


2. British Surrender at Yorktown:


3. The Boston Massacre:


4. The Intolerable Acts:





I need to know how it affected America/The World.. not facts about the events. Thanks.





And don't mix up the Civil and Revolutionary war.

Importance of some Events Leading to/In the American Revolution?
I don't know about the rest of the world, but I will give you an American's point of view:





1. Valley Forge was important because despite the fact no battle was fought there for 6 months, those poor men endured harsh conditions. Many of them died, but they stayed at the fighting. Why didn't they just say "It's not worth death this way. I'm going home." They wanted their independence and they were willing to give their lives to get it.


http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/


2. The British surrender is important because without it, America would not be here. Well, it might be here, but not as it is today.


3. The Boston Massacre just fueled the fire on why the colonists didn't want the British to rule the colonies anymore.


http://americanhistory.about.com/od/revo...


4. The Intolerable Acts also fueled the fire. Many people were upset about the taxes. An example would be that some people wouldn't drink tea at home (since they weren't buying it), but they wouldn't drink it anywhere else either to show how unhappy they were with British rule.


http://americanhistory.about.com/od/decl...


There's also a quote in this link about the Boston Massacre. It coincides with what I said above.
Reply:Washington at Valley Forge is not so much a direct action on the part of the Commander, but his use of available resources and his efforts to acquire unavailable resources.


He used von Steuben to good advantage in training the army in tactics. The training given those 100 selected men, who were then distributed into the army, made it a viable working unit that eventually won the war.


In trying to get supplies for his men, he was apparently exaggerating their condition. Archeological digs at the site have found large animal bones in the firepits dating to that period. Evidently the men were eating beef, not soap. He embellished the truth in order to get more supplies for his men, I think. Its along the principle, ask for twice what you need figuring you'll get half of what you ask for.





British surrender at Yorktown, established a foundation for our independence. The city of New York would remain in enemy hands until after the peace treaty in 1783, but this brought an end to hostilities on this continent.


The British won the war, overseas that is, in gaining control of the West Indies and improving their situation in India.





The Boston Massacre provided a platform for the propaganda machine of Sam Adams and Paul Revere. It did provide a sensationalized picture of how the Regulars were behaving in Boston.


Boston became established in the minds of the government, and probably the populace in Britain as the flashpoint where any rebellion would start.





The Intolerable Acts created a climate of mistrust between the colonies and Parliament. From the Tory perspective, this was the colonials duty to pay for the war they had begun. From the American Whig perspective, this was Parliament inflicting undue suffering on its constituency.