American Revolution

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride
    Paul Revere rides to warn the colonist that the british are coming.
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride
    Paul Revere makes his ride to warn the colonist that the british are coming.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
    The actual fight starts and the first shot is shot.
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
    The green mountain boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the british
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    Major battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
  • The Declaration of Independence is Adopted

    The Declaration of Independence is Adopted
    The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
  • George Washington crosses the Delaware

    George Washington crosses the Delaware
    George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
  • America Chooses A Flag

    America Chooses A Flag
    The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
  • Battles of Saratoga

    Battles of Saratoga
    British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Treaty that officially ended the war.