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Lexington
Prescott rode out spread word that 700 British troops were headed for Concord. The darkened countryside rang with chirch bells and gunshots -
Concord
The British marched on to Concord, where they found an empty arsenal. -
Bunker Hill
The colonist had lost 450 men, while the british had suffered over 1,000 casualties. The misnamed Battle Hill would prove to be the deadliest battle of the war. -
New York
The British sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000. -
Trenton
They marched to different states including Trenton and defeated a garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack. -
Saratoga
In complex scheme, General john Burgoyne planned to lead an army down a route of lakes from Canada to Albany. -
Valley Forge
More than 2,000 soldiers died, yet the survivors didn't desert. Their endurance and suffering filled Washington's letters to the Congress and his friends. -
Marquis de Lafayette
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 -
Philadelphia
When men marched off to fight , many wives stepped into their husbands shoes, managing farms and businesses as well as households and families -
Yorktowm
Cornwallis planned to fortify Yorktown, take Virginia, and then move to join Clinton's forces. -
Treaty of paris
The delegates signed the Treaty of Paris which confirmed U.S independence and set the boundaries of the new nation.
