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Marquis de Lafayette
At the age of fourteen, Lafayette entered the Royal Army. When he was sixteen, Lafayette married Marie Adrienne Francoise de Noailles. -
Lexington
The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. -
Concord
The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. The militia were outnumbered and fell back, and the regulars continued on to Concord, where they searched for the supplies. At the North Bridge in Concord, about 500 militiamen fought and defeated three companies of the King's troops. -
Bunker Hill
the colonial forces knew that the british general were planning to send their troops. to protect their surroundings they built lightly fortified lines across most of the Charlestown Peninsula. -
Trenton
the river was icy and the weather was bad, the crossing proved dangerous. Two detachments were unable to cross the river, leaving Washington with only 2,400 men under his command in the assault. -
Saratoga
British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army down from Canada; he was surrounded by American forces in New York. Burgoyne fought two small battles to break out.This battle also resulted in Spain joining France in the war against Britain. -
Valley Forge
Washington's army was poorly fed ,ill and the weather was severly cold.so they built huts with 80 logs they found miles away to protect themselves. -
Philadephia
The British had captured Philadelphia on September 26, 1777, following General George Washington's defeats at the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of the Clouds. The British position in Philadelphia became untenable after France's entrance into the war on the side of the Americans. -
Yorktown
General George Washington, commanded a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops. he was against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and an army of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
