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philadephia
in may of 1775, the colonist leaders called the second continental congress in philadelphia to debate their next move. ( date- may 1775) -
lexington
some soldiers were killed and the battle of lexington lasted only 15 minutes -
concord
The british marched on to Concord where they found an empty arsenal and after a brief skirmish with minutemen the british soldiers lined up to march back to boston , but the march quickly became a slaughter. -
bunker hill
hey cooped up in boston the british general thomas bunker hill. And gate sent 2,400 british soldiers up the hill and the colonists held their fire until the last minute and then began to mow down the advancing redcoats before finally retreating. -
new york
As part of a plan to stop the rebellion by isolating new england, and the british quickly attempted to seize new york city. The british sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with the force of about 32,00 soldiers. -
trenton
In the face of a fierce storm, he led 2,400 men in small row boats across the ice choked delaware river they when marched to their objectives trenton, new jersey had defeated a garrison of hessians in a surprise attack. -
saratoga
british officers were preoccupied with holding philadelphia and weren't coming to meet him. America troops, burgoyne did not rounded burgoyne at saratoga where he surrendered on october 17,1777 -
vally forge
while this hopeful turn of events took place in paris washington and his continental army desperately low on food and supplies fought to stay alive at winter camo in the valley forge, pennsylvania more than 2,000 soldiers died yet to survive didn't desert. -
marquis de lafayette
Other foreign military leaders, such as the marquis de lafayette (mar-ke de ladeet) also arrived to offer their help lafayette lobbied france for french reinforcements in 1779 and led a command in virginia in the last years of the war with the help of such eurpean military leaders, the raw continental army became an effective fighting force. -
yorktown
The british general then chose to move the fight to virginia he lead his army of 7,500 into the peninsula between the James and York rivers and camped at yorktown. The british surrender at yorktown shortly after learning of cornwallis actions, the armies of lafayette and washington moved south toward yorktown -
treaty of paris
In september 1783 the delegates signed the treaty of paris, which confirmed u.s independence and set the boundaries of the new nation. The united states now stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the mississippi river and from canada to the florida border.
