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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Nearly 700 Bristish soldiers under the lead of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given top sercret orders to capture and destroy any and all military supplies that were stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. -
Second Continental Congress
this meeting of repersentitives from the original
Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775. The second Congress cordinated the colonial war effort, as well as move towards an independent nation, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Bunker Hill
Fought near the Charlestown Peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbour. Troops from the American Continental Army as well as the Bristish army fought to control over a key portm The Bristish army won only after suffering heacylosses, which allowed British ships to enter and leave at will. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen,Benedict Arnold as well as the Green Mountain Boys captured this fort on May 10, 1775. The fall of this fort was marked as the first "official" win of the Revolutionary War. This capture made the colonies safe from inveasion out of Canada. -
Benedict Arnold
He began the war fighting in the Continental Army and later defected the British Army. While a general for the Continental Army, he was the commander of the forts at West Point and New York. Later he plotted to surrender it to the British forces, making him a trader to the USA. -
Articles of Confederation
This agreement was made with all 13 founding states of the United States of America as a "confederation of sovereign states" and served as its first constitution. The first copy by the Continental Congress began in mid 1776 and finally approved by congress in 1777. -
Valley Forge
This iconic military camp was used as a stationing ground and headquarters to the American Continental Army over a the winter of 1777, durung the Revolutionary War. George Washington was the General at this time his army suffered many loses, starvation and freezing winter condictions. -
French Alliance
The treaty provided for a defensive boost fot the colonies as France were now on their side, also France nor the United States could be at peace with England until the independence of the United States was respected by the crown. -
Battle of York Town
A combined assault of American militia led by General George Washington and French forces under the lead of the Comte de Rochambeau. After the defeat and surrender of Lord Cornwallis, it was called the last major battle of the American Revolution. -
The Treaty of Paris
Signed on September 3, 1783, this treaty ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain. Also it acting as a common band between the thirteen colonies. The treaty also stated which countries were allowed to allies with the newly formed United States of America.
