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Concord
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott spread word that there were over 700 British Troops that were to march to Concord -
Lexington
The redcoats arrived to Lexington (5 miles short from Lexington), saw minutemen and the British commander told the minutemen to stand down in which the colonists moved but without putting down their muskets. Someone fired a shot which caused the British to fire back. 8 minutemen were killed, 10 were wounded and only 1 british soldier was injured -
Battle Of Bunker Hill
The British General Thomas Gage strike at militiamen on Breed's hill, near Bunker Hill. He sent 2,400 British soldiers; but the colonists held their fire until last minute causing the Red Coats to retreat leaving 1,000 casualties on the British side and 450 men were lost for the colonists -
New York
The British decided to to attempt to seize New York. The British sailed through the New York Harbor in the summer with 32,000 British soldiers -
Trenton
They marched to Trenton, New Jersey; defeated a garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack. The British soon regrouped in sept 1777, they capture the American Capital at Philadelphia. -
Saratoga
There was 2 graphic battles fought 18 days apart -
Valley forge
There was an huge transformation with the troops, a mast helped train the army; able to lead them to victory and success -
Marquis De Lafayette
Reinforced the France; led Virginia towards the end leading them to victory at the end of the war -
Yorktown
A campaign that trapped the a big British army; forced them to surrender; ended the military operations -
Philadelphia
5,000 slaves escaped during battle;were able to raise funds -
Philadelphia
Slaves escaped and raised funds(money) -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the Revolutionary War; Gave America their independence once and for all!!
