The Russo-Japanese War showed the United States' growing role in world affairs after US President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated and convinced the two sides to sign a peace treaty to end the war. This showed that United States has a power and large influence in most country's decisions.
Henry Knox used ox to bring a load of artillery from fort Ticonderoga to Boston. Washington and the army set them up on Dorchester Heights. When they saw the big guns they retreated 9,000 red coats and 2,000 loyalists.