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Lexington
3 men, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode out to spread word that 700 British troops were headed for concord. The battle of lexington was the first battle of the revolutionary war and only lasted 15 minutes. -
Concord
The british made their way to concord where they found an empty arsenal. The british decided to line up and go back to boston, but the march became a slaughter when the british where awaited by 3000 to 4000 minute men who shot at them from trees and walls. Thousands of british fell by the dozen. -
Bunker Hill
British general Thomas Gage decided to strike at militiamen on breeds hill. Gage sent over 2,400 british soldiers up the hill by the time the smoke cleared colonist lost over 450 while the british lost or had over 1000 casualties -
New york
The british sailed into the new york harbor with about 32,000 soldiers. They included thousands of german mercenaries. -
Trenton
Washington led an army of 2,400 men and defeated a garrison of hessians in surprise attack.
The british soon regrouped and captured the philadelphia capital -
Saratoga
American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga where he surrendered.
The surrender at saratoga turned out to be one of the most important events of the war.
Saratoga boosted the french's beliefs that america was going to win -
Valley forgeg
Washington made camp at valley forge.
Washington's army was low on supplies and food and fought to stay alive at their winter camp.
More than 2000 soldiers died. -
Marquis De Lafayette
Lafayette lobbied france for french reinforcements. also he led a command in virginia for the last 2 years of the war. -
philadelphia
The second continental congress met to fund the military -
Yorktown
17,000 french and american troops bombarded the british, day and night.
The americans had defeated the british and shocked the world.
