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American Revolution

By jarolyn
  • concord

    concord
    The British got hit back while they were on their way to Boston from concord but before they could leave 3000 -4000 minutemen has assembled and started firing at the British troops. many British men were killed.
  • lexington

    lexington
    the battle of Lexington was the first battle of the revolutionary war it lasted 15 minutes. eight-man were killed and ten insured but only one British soldier was injured.
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill
    Thomas Gage decided to send 2400 British soldiers up the hill and attack. At the last minute, they mow down the redcoat before retreating and before the colonist could attack they already lost 450 men. Battle of the Bunker Hill was the deadliest battle of the war.
  • New York

    New York
    It was the first major battle to take place after the United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776.
  • Trenton

    Trenton
    Washington made a move on the hessian while they were drunk because of the Christmas celebration. The hessian where to tired to attack fast enough .22 were killed, 92 wounded, 918 captured and 400 escaped in the Battle of Trenton. The Americans suffered two frozen to death and five wounded.
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga
    Burgoyne surrender was one of the Most important event of the war. The British were occupied with Philadelphia and that’s when America took the chance and got him. Because of this victory there was a chance that American can win this war and the French decide to sighed an alliance with America.
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge
    in the winter of 1777-1778 was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. While conditions were notoriously cold and harsh and provisions were in short supply, it was at the winter camp where George Washington proved his mettle and, with the help of former Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben, transformed a battered Continental Army into a unified, world-class fighting force capable of beating the British.
  • Marquis De Lafayette

    Marquis De Lafayette
    La Fayette, 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, including the Siege of Yorktown.
  • Philadelphia

    Philadelphia
    on June 18, 1778. This was due in part to the work of colonial rebels within Philadelphia sabotaging supplies within the city as well as the entrance of the French into the war as allies with the colonies. The war also effected civilians because many wife’s left with their husbands to cook and clean for them while they were fighting. It open many doors for African Americans , 5,000 slaves escaped in the chaos of the war.
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown
    In September 17,000 French and Americans surrounded the British in Yorktown . They started bombarding them day and night and less than a mother they surrender. America shock the world on winning the war. The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The delegates signed the treaty of Paris , which confirmed the set of new boundaries of the new nation.