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The Boston Massacre
Was a street fight that occured between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company. -
Lexington & Concord
British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord. -
Battle Lexington Green
They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy , and Cambridge. -
Delaware Declares Independence
the Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declares itself independent of British and Pennsylvanian authority, thereby creating the state of Delaware.
Delaware did not exist as a colony under British rule. -
Declaration of Independece
day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. -
Battle of Trenton & Princeton
Washington's intention was to raise the morale of his army by carrying out a successful raid in strength on a British outpost.
Washington's attack came as a complete surprise, catching the Hessians completely unaware. Outnumbered and surrounded -
Valley Forge
led by Commander in Chief George Washington, settles in for the winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. -
Treaty Of Alliance
France had officially recognized the United States as an independent nation -
Articles of Confederation
served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Siege of Yorktown
against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary -
U.S Constitution
Establish a federal government for the United States of America. Delegate to the federal government certain, limited (and enumerated) powers.
