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Paul Revere's Ride
This was when the revolutionary war started and paul revere made his ride to warn all the colonists -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The actual fighting Starts with the "shot heard around the world" The americans win as the british retreat -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
The green mountain boys led by Ethan Allen and benedict Arnold Capture Fort Ticonderoga from the british -
Battle of the Bunker Hill
Major battle where william prescott told the american troops "don't fire until you see the white in their eyes" -
The Declaration of independence is adopted
The continental congress agrees to thomas jefferson's declaration of independence -
George Washington crosses the delaware
George Washington and his troops cross the delaware river on christmas night and surprise the enemy -
America chooses a flag
The continental congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" flags sewn by Betsy Ross -
Battle of Saratoga
British general john burgoyne surrenders his army to the americans after suffering defeat at the battles of Saratoga -
Battle of Yorktown
The last major battle of the american revolutionary war british generals cornwallis surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty that officially ended the war
