American revolution

American Revolution

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    This is when Paul Revere made his famous ride to tell the colonists that the British were coming
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    American Revolution

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Major Battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"
  • The Declaration of Independence is Adopted

    The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independance
  • George Washington crosses the Delaware

    George Washington crosses the Delaware

    George Washington and his troops cross Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy
  • Valley Forge

    The Continental Army under George Washington spends the winter training at Valley Forge
    Ended in 1778
  • America chooses a Flag

    America chooses a Flag

    The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross
  • Alliance with France

    Alliance with France

    France recognized the United States as an independent country with the Treaty of Alliance
  • Articles of Confederation

    Defined the official government of the United States
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end of the war

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