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On April 17, 1775, Boston, Massachusetts, Paul Revere Got on his horse and rode around Boston telling people that the British are coming.
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On April 19, 1775, The "Shot heard around the world" was the first official shot of the war and was at Lexington and that then lead to Concord
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Major battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes".
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The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
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June 14, 1777, The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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The Continental army under George Washington spends the winter training at Valley Forge. (1777-1778)
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Defined the official government of the United States.
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The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
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The "Treaty of Paris" is the Treaty that ended the war.
