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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first shots between the American and British troops were fired because the British were trying to get to Concord's arms depot. -
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys Seize Fort Ticonderoga
The Green Mountain boys prepare an attack on Fort Ticonderoga. -
Second Continental Congress
TTwo groups of people from all over the 13 Colonies who came together to discuss liberty. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was a conflict with the British that lasted two days long. The Brtish forces were under General William Howe. The American forces were under Colonel William Prescott. -
Washington wins the battle of Princeton
American victory on January 3, 1777, following hard on the heels of General George Washington's great success at Trenton. The victory at Princeton drove the British out of New Jersey, almost for good. -
The French-American Alliance.
After General Washington's success at Trenton America and the French made an alliance against Great Britain. -
General William Howe was replaced by Henry Clinton.
The British General William Howe was replaced by Henry Clin ton. -
Washinton fights to a draw at the Battle of Monmouth.
Indecisive battle near Monmouth Courthouse, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778. American troops under General George Washington fought British troops under General Henry Clinton. The British had left Philadelphia en route to New York. The Americans were pursuing from Valley Forge, their goal to stop the British advance. It was a very hot day, and the heat took its toll on both sides. Exhausted, both sides stopped the fighting. Under cover of darkness, the British slipped away. This battle also saw the -
British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC
British soldiers crush American forces at Waxhaw Creek South Carolina. -
Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA
The British are forced to surrender at Yorktown,Virgina.
