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Marquis De Lafayette
The Marquis de Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, in Chavaniac, France. He served the Continental Army with distinction during the American Revolutionary War, providing tactical leadership while securing vital resources from France. -
Lexington war
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War,On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Bunker Hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Concord
The significance of these battles is that they were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. These battles happened in April of 1775. They happened because the British commander in Boston had heard of supplies of powder and weapons being kept by Patriots in the towns of Lexington and Concord. -
Trenton
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. -
New York
In the fall of 1777, the Americans achieved an important victory over the British in upstate New York at the Battle of Sara toga. British General John Burgoyne's surrender at that battle is often considered the 'turning point' of the war because it won French aid and because it kept the colonies strategically unified. -
Philadelphia
Battle of Philadelphia. During the summer of 1777, the British army began an initiative to capture the colonial capitol of Philadelphia. ... Regardless, the defeat at the Battle of Brandy wine led to the eventual capture of the continental capitol at Philadelphia by the British army on September 26, 1777 -
Saratoga
His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Sara toga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Sara toga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The scope of the victory is made clear by a few key facts: On October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington -
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 -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783.
