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Lexington
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Paul revere, William Dawes, and samuel prescott went out to spread the word that 700 british troops were on their way to concord. The battle of Lexington, the first battle of the Revolutionary War, lasted only 15 minutes. -
Concord
April 19, 1775, the British marched on to concord, they found an empty arsenal the British men lined up to march back to Boston the British men fell by a dozen then made their ways back to Boston that same night.After searching Concord for about four hours, the British prepared to return to Boston, located 18 miles away. -
Bunker Hill
In June 17, 1775 there was 2,400 British soldier. During the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. -
New York
The british quickly attempted to seize new york city, they sealed into new york harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of 3200 soldiers. The British held New York City and its port for most of the war. The Continental Army was able to hold and control most of the Hudson River allowing them access to the entire Hudson Valley. -
Philadelphia
In may 8 1775, The second continental congress in Philadelphia debated their move. The loyalties that divided the colonists sparked endless debates at the congress with the great Britain. In 1638, they built their first fort along the Delaware river: Fort Christina, named after Sweden's 12 year old queen. 9 years later they built Fort Nya Korsholm, which would become Philadelphia. -
Saratoga
On October 17, 1777, the surrender at saratoga turned out to be the most important events of this war. 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. -
Valley Forge
In 1778, the continental army was low on food and supplies at winter camp. Valley Forge was the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 during the American Revolutionary War. Starvation, disease, malnutrition, and exposure killed more than 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778. -
Marquis De Lafayette
In 1779, Marquis De lafayette was a military leader. Marquis de Lafayette; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), in the U.S. often known simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette lobbied France for French reinforcements in 1779, and led a command in Virginia in the last year of the war. -
Yorktown
In the early 1781, the colonists extended the battle between the cornwallis. A contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary. General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British.
