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Marquis de lafayette
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), 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. -
Lexington
The British commander ordered the minutemen to lay down their arms and leave , and the colonists began to move out without laying down their muskets. Then someone fired, and British soldiers sent a volley of shots into the departing militia. -
Concord
The British marched on to Concord, Where they found an empty arsenal. Colonists had become enemies of Britain and now held Boston and its encampment of British troops under siege. -
Bunker Hill
The colonist held their fire until the last minute and then began to mow down the advancing redcoats before finally retreating -
The battle of new york
Battle of New York may refer to: New York and New Jersey campaign, a series of battles for control of New York City and the state of New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War in 1776 and 1777. -
Trenton
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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. -
Saratoga
Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
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 Brandywine led to the eventual capture of the continental capitol at Philadelphia by the British army on September 26, 1777. -
Valley Forge
When Washington's army marched out of Valley Forge on June 19, 1778, the men were better disciplined and stronger in spirit than when they had entered. Nine days later, they won a victory against the British under Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey. -
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 and French Army troops led -
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.
