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Lexington
eight minutemen were killed and ten more were wounded. Only one british soldier was injured. The war of lexington only lasted 15 minutes. -
The road to revolution
Gage ordered troops to march from boston to massachusetts just to seize illegal weapons. Soldiers who pledged to be ready to fight against the british then they will stock firearms and gunpowder. -
The battle of bunker hill
Gage sent 2,400 british soldiers up the hill to fight. While the smoke was being cleared up they had already lost 450 men. While the british had suffered over 1,000 casualties. The battle of bunker hill was the deadliest battle of the war. -
Early victories and defeats
The british sailed into New york harbor in the summer of 1776 with 36,000 soldiers. They had thousands of germans mercanaries. They also hired soldiers known as hessians because of the german region of hesse. -
Trenton
Washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice choked delaware river. Then they marched to the objective which was trenton new jersey. They then defeated a garrison of hessians in a surprise attack. -
Saratoga
While he was fighting off the colonial troops, burgoyne didnt realize that his fellow british officers were preoccupied. More than 2,000 soldiers died yet the survivors didnt desert. -
Valley Forge
In a complex scheme general john burgoyne planned to lead an army down a route of lakes arrived from new york city. The two regiments would joim forces isolate new england from the colonies. -
philadelphia
when men marched off to fight, many wives stepped into their husbands shoes, managing farms and businesses as well as households and families. About 5,000 african americans served in the continental army. Native americans however remained on the fringes of the revolution. -
Marquis de lafayette
was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led. about 17,000 french and american troops surrounded the british on the yorktown peninsula and began bombarding them day and night. -
York Town
Significance of the Battle of Yorktown: The significance of the conflict was that Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. The British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown ended the American Revolutionary War. -
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. King George III ratified the treaty on April 9, 1784.
