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Battle of Lexington
The battle of lexington only lasted 15 minutes long. The british commander ordered the army to lay their guns down, and moments later shots sprung out letting to the first battle in the Revolutionary war. On April 19th, 1775 -
Battle of Concord
The britsh marched on Concord where they found empty arsenals. After a brief skirmish, the british soldiers lined up to march back to boston but that march became deadly, they were firing from stone walls and soon 3000 to 4000 people will be slaughtered in a matter of hours. April 19th, 1775. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The british decided to strike at militia on breed's hill, near bunker hill. On June 17th, 1775 the general sent 2,400 soldiers up the hill. The colonists held their fire until the last minute then began to mow down the british before finally retreating. The colonists lost 450 soldiers, while the british suffered over 1000 casualties. -
Battle of New York
On July 3, 1776, British troops landed on Staten Island. Over a period of six weeks, British troop strength was increased so that it number over 32,000 by the end of August. Meanwhile, General Washington was preparing his men as well as he could under the circumstances. Washington was hampered by the British control of the sea, which allowed them to conceivably attack either Long Island or Manhattan. Washington decided to defend both vulnerable areas. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Battle of Philadelphia
1777–1778. British General William Howe, after unsuccessfully attempting to draw the Continental Army under General George Washington into a battle in northern New Jersey, embarked his army on transports, and landed them at the northern end of Chesapeake Bay. From there, he advanced northward toward Philadelphia. Washington prepared defenses against Howe's movements at Brandywine Creek, but was flanked and beaten back in the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777. -
Battle of Saratoga
September 19 and October 7, 1777. British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army southward from Canada in the Champlain Valley, hoping to meet a similar British force marching northward from New York City and another British force marching eastward from Lake Ontario; the southern and western forces never arrived, and Burgoyne was surrounded by American forces in upstate New York. He fought two small battles to break out on the same ground south of Saratoga, New York. -
Batlle of Valley Forge
September 1777, British forces had captured the American capital of Philadelphia. After failing to retake the city, Washington led his 12,000-man army into winter quarters at Valley Forge, located approximately 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia. They remained there for six months, from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. At Valley Forge, the Continentals struggled to manage a disastrous supply crisis while retraining and reorganizing their units. -
Battle of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was the official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended the American Revolutionary War. It was signed on September 3, 1783. The Congress of the Confederation ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784. -
Marquis De Lafayette
Marquis De Lafayette known in the United States simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the Siege of Yorktown. After returning to France, he was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830.
