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Lord Cornwallis/Yorktown
Cornwallis attended the military academy at Turin, and while serving in Germany during the Seven Years' War rose to Lieutenant Colonel. -
George Rogers Clark
American frontier military leader -
French and Indian War
The British and the French were in a disagreement over the Ohio River Valley.(This war was a 7 year war.) -
Nathan Hale
was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. -
Stamp Act
GeorgeGrenville rose in Parliament to offer the fifty-five resolutions of his Stamp Bill. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a fight , between colonists, throwing snowballs, sticks, and yelling,"fire", and a squad of British soldiers -
Tea Tax
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament , would launch the final spark to the revolutionary war in Boston. -
Boston Tea-Party
Not only had the Crown taxed the colonies, but two taxes were still being collected — one on sugar and one on tea. -
First Continential Congress
The First Continential Congres met in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia.They met to discuss colonial rights. -
Molly Pitcher
Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley was the daughter of a New Jersey dairy farmer. At the age of 13, she went to work as a domestic/servant. -
Burning of the Boston Tax Office
The Colonists rebeled aginst the tax act they became outraged so they burned down the tax office. -
Midnight ride
Paul Rever, William Dawes, and Sammuel Prescott were the Midnight Riders. They rode through Lexington and Concord to worn people that the British were coming. -
Lexington and Concord
Britan's General Gage had a plan he would send out regiments of soilders to fight at lexington and concord. -
Second Continental Congress
Impeiral army was atempting to arrest patriot leaders and some minutemen were killed.The Redcots once again stormed through boston and the second Continental congress met. -
Breeds and Bunker Hill
american Troops displayed their mettle in the battle of bunker hill during the siege of Boston. -
Declaration of Independance
a document that showed how the americans felt about the things they were going through. -
Battle of Long Island
The British drove the Americans from Brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York. -
crossing the Delaware
British and hession troops invad\ed long island routing the colonial forces. -
Battle of Trenton
The battle was a resounding physical and moral victory for Washington and his American troops. -
Valley Forge
No battle was fought at Valley Forge. Yet, it was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Americans forced the surrender of Burgoyne’s force. -
Vincennes
Francis Vigo, an Italian fur trader, came to Kaskaskia to inform Clark about Hamilton's reoccupation of Vincennes.
