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treaty of Paris
treaty of Paris This was the treaty of peace, signed on February 10, 1763, which brought to a close the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, and by which France ceded Canada to Great Britain. -
The First Continental Congress
The First continental Congress The First Continental Congress was held in Philidelphia on september 5th 1774. People such as George Washington, Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry attended these congress' to discuss most deligates which favourerd the increase in economic sanctions over Britain, over a complete independance -
king George iii
king George iii King George III was the ruler of Great Britain from 1760-1820. He was a true hero to all those in Great Britain. To all those people in the colonies, he was not a hero, but an evil tyrant. -
Lexington and Concord
map of Lexington and Concord During the evening of April 18,1775, General Thomas Gage, delivered 700 redcoats (British troops) to bring a seize of Militia weapons that had been stored at Concord. Paul Revere- one of the leading Boston patriots- traveled from Boston to Concord to alert the people of an approaching force. As the British made there way to Concord they found minutemen blocking they're path. -
General George Washington
General George Washington As the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army the services and achievements of George Washington are unique in the world's history. He was much more than the Commander in Chief. He was the one necessary person, whose calm, unswerving, determined sense of patriotic duty to country -
second continental congress
second continental congress The second continental congress was held in Philadelphia on may 10,1775 and they discussed ways they could create peace with the king. But when the Redcoats fired into a crowd in Boston, they gained an upper hand, and the imperial army started to arrest patriot leaders. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill On the night of June 16, 1775, American troops traveled up a hill that overlooks Boston (the hill was called Bunker Hill). and the Americans brought pretty much anything they could find and use as a weapon such as bringing guns, shovels and picks. And once the British woke up the next morning they were startled to see the Americans threatening them -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold was an American general. At the beginning of the Revolution, Benedict Arnold was one of the bravest. Benedict Arnold tricked the British into thinking that thousands and thousands of American forces were heading to Fort Schuyler. -
The Declaration of Independence
thye declaration of independance The Declaration of Independence was created by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, and this was created to indicate that all people have rights and liberties, and it is the purpose of government, to protect these. -
Trenton
href='http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/American-Revolution-Battle-Of-Trenton.htm' >Trenton</a> Having been defeated in the battles for New York City, General George Washington and the remnants of the Continental Army retreated across New Jersey in the late fall of 1776. -
Princeton
Princeton Moving southwest, Cornwallis left 1,200 men under Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood at Princeton and another 1,200 men under Brigadier General Alexander Leslie at Maidenhead (Lawrenceville), before arriving at Trenton late on January 2, 1777. -
Saratoga
Saratoga In the spring of 1777, Major General John Burgoyne proposed a plan for defeating the Americans. Believing that New England was the seat of the rebellion, he proposed cutting the region off from the other colonies by moving down the Hudson River corridor while a second force, led by Colonel Barry St. Leger, advanced east from Lake Ontario. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge The first three months that the troops spent at Valley Forge were most definitely the hardest. The troops did not have proper clothing. Many soldiers went without boots and some did not even have other articles of warm clothing. -
charleston
Charleston After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown The Americans and French marched out of Williamsburg and arrived before Yorktown on 28th September 1781, forming a semi-circle around the entrenchments and putting the British under siege.
