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American Revolution

By Batman2315

  • Creation of the Continental Congress

    Creation of the Continental Congress
    The Continental Congress served as the government for the 13 colonies and later the United States. The Congress was made up of delegates from each colony except Georgia. John Adams, George Washington, and John Jay were some of the members of the Congress. The first Continental Congress was disbanded on October 26, 1774. They created a second one reconvened on May 10, 1775 after the American Revolution had begun.

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride
    Paul Revere is famous for his midnight ride throughout Boston warning people that the British were coming. The famous line, "The British are coming!" was said on this night by him. He was riding to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were on their way to Concord. "One if by land, two if by sea." In a church building lanterns were to be put up signaling which way the British were coming. There were two lanterns signaling that they were coming by sea. Revere left to warn everyone.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War. On April 18 British troops went to Concord to receive guns and weapons. Paul Revere sounded a alarm and everyone went to stop the British troops. The fighting started in Lexington and the British retreated. After that many wars followed and the Revolutionary War ended in 1783.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    On June 17, 1775 the British defeated the Americans in the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. The British suffered many casualties even though they won. Most of the fighting happened on Breed's Hill, not Bunker Hill. There were about 1,000 colonial militiamen led by Colonial William Prescott. There were about 2,200 British forces led by Major General William Howe and Brigadier General Robert Pigot. The famous line, "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!" was said here.

  • Creation of the Declaration of Independence

    Creation of the Declaration of Independence
    Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, were three of the five people who were put in charge of making a "rough draft" that would show Britain why they wanted independence. Most if not all of the Declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson because he had beautiful handwriting. On July 3 the Continental Congress ended up deleting and revising 1/5 of the Declaration before signing it.

  • Battles of Trenton and Princeton

    Battles of Trenton and Princeton
    George Washington led a army across the Delaware River Christmas morning and in 10 days he won the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton which were very crucial in the American Revolution. He defeated a group of Hessian's in the middle of the night and then a week later defeated the British in Trenton. They went in during the night while the Hessian's were drunk and sleeping. The victories of these two battles encouraged soldiers to keep fighting and it brought more soldiers to help.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    There were two battles that were fought at Saratoga, one on 9/19/1777 and the other on 10/7/1777. In September British General John Burgoyne beat the Americans but in October they were defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered ten days later to the Americans. The French government was convinced that the Americans cause was worth it and decided to become their ally.

  • Winter at Valley Forge

    Winter at Valley Forge
    George Washington led his army to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during the winter for protection. Washington's reputation was going downhill after the British took Philadelphia. Washington took his troops to Valley Forge instead of making a attack on the British because of the cold weather. He gave them some winter clothing and meals. "For those soldiers who remained with him, Washington expressed deep gratitude and awe" (History) because they had little clothes and some food but still stayed.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    George Washington led 17,000 French and Continental troops to Yorktown to fight the British troops of 9,000. This battle was the most important battle in the Revolutionary War. On September 28 Washington had the British troops completely surrounded. They fired on the British for 3 days before the British finally surrendered on October 17 officially ending the War for Independence.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris was a negotiation between the U.S and Great Britain which helped end the Revolutionary War. There were five people put in charge of the negotiations, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens. Jefferson never made it out of the U.S and Laurens was captured by the British so Adams, Franklin, and Jay created the document. The original part was signed by Adams, Franklin, Jay and Laurens on November 30, 1782 and by Richard Oswald for Britain.

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