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Lex/Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga
occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts -
Dec of Independence
pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Battles of NY
a military action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at the western edge of Long Island in the present-day borough of Brooklyn, New York -
Battle of Trenton
a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey -
Common Sense
a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. ... It was published anonymously -
Dec of Independence (July 1776)
the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Battle of Saratoga
included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War -
Valley Forge
After failing to retake the city, Washington led his 12,000-man army into winter quarters at Valley Forge, located approximately 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Philadelphia. -
Battle of Yorktown
a combined American force of Colonial and French troops laid siege to the British Army at Yorktown, Virginia led by George Washington and French General Comte de Rochambeau -
Treaty of Paris
signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War