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Lexington
The king's troops, known as redcoats because of their uniforms, reached lexington. The battle of lexington, the first battle of the revolutionary war, last 15 minutes . -
Concord
Five miles short of concord , on the cold, windy dawn of april 19. The british marched on to concord, where they are found an empty arsenal. -
Bunker Hill
British general Thomas gage decided to strike at militiamen on Breed's Hill, north of the city and near bunker hill. The misnamed battle of bunker hill would prove to be the deadliest battle of the war . -
New york
The british quickly attempted to seize New York City. The british sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000 soldiers. -
Trenton
The battle of trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776 in trenton new jersey . -
Marquis De Lafayette
Lafayette served on washington's staff for six weeks and after fighting with distinction at the battle of the brandywine near philadelphia on September 11 , 1777 he was given command of his own division . -
Saratoga
The battles of saratoga marked the climax of the saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the americans over the british in the american revolutionary war . -
Philadelphia
Regardless the defeat at the battle of brandywine led to the eventual capture of the continental capitol at philadelphia by the british army on September 26, 1777 . -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge in the american revolution pennsylvania encampment grounds of the Continental Army under general george washington . -
Yorktown
The siege of yorktown also known as the battle of yorktown the surrender at yorktown german battle or the siege of Little York . -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of paris was the official peace treaty between the united states and britain that ended the american revolutionary war , It was signed on September 3, 1783 .
