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Paul Revere’s Ride
On the evening of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren called Paul Revere and told him to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that British soldiers stationed in Boston were about to march into the countryside northwest of the town. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles were the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in an American victory and outpouring of militia support for the anti-British cause. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The people who fought were British soldiers and colonial militia The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill.The Battle of Bunker Hill gained revolutionary support as the British suffered heavy casualties, affecting British morale and leading to the removal of General Gage from command, while boosting American confidence. -
Creation of the Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson. It is the “Birth Certificate of the United States”. Document listed rights and grievances against King George III. John Hancock was the first to sign in large print. Anyone who signed it and was caught would be hanged. -
Thomas Paine’s writing of “The American Crisis”
The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, is a pamphlet series by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine. His purpose in writing this was to bolster morale among American soldiers and renew hope in the American cause. Paine encourages the colonists to value victory and its consequent freedom -
Crossing of the Delaware River
Washington ordered his troops to gather near McKonkey's Ferry on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. From here a contingent of boats successfully transported troops and artillery equipment over the ice-filled river to New Jersey. No one died during the crossing of the river. The crossing was important so that Washington's army could attack an isolated garrison of Hessian troops. -
Battle of Trenton
Behind schedule because of the storm, the Americans arrive on the outskirts of Trenton around daybreak. Washington splits his force into two columns. One, commanded by Major General Nathanael Greene, attacks from the north, while a second, under Major General John Sullivan, attacks from the west to cut the line of retreat to the south. -
The Battle of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia campaign was a British military campaign during the American Revolutionary War designed to gain control of Philadelphia, the Revolutionary-era capital where the Second Continental. During this campaign of the American Revolutionary War, months of long marches and fierce fighting ended with Philadelphia occupied by the British and Washington’s army encamped at Valley Forge. -
Battles of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war. -
The Winter at Valley Forge
Over the winter of 1777 and 1778, that 11,000 of Washington's Continental Army faced one of its most trying episodes. While rain, snow, and cold temperatures afflicted the army, the situation was made far worse by the lack of shelter, blankets, winter coats, and even shoes. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. The 1781 U.S. victory at the Battle of Yorktown made peace talks where British negotiators were willing to consider U.S. independence a possibility.