American revolution timeline

  • Concord and Lexington

    Lexington and concord started once the king declared to colonies in a state of rebellion. Colonist spies knew that redcoats were coming to eliminate the threat, so they got ready to fight. The lost the battle at Lexington, but they won the one at concord, and that was the first official victory for the colonists
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    Siege in boston

    Near the beginning of the American Revolution, The continental army surrounded the British army in Boston, trapping them and leaving them surrounded.
  • Bunker Hill

    The battle at bunker Hill was a battle in which the Americans had to retreat because they didn't have enough gunpowder.
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    Battle (and defeat) of New York

    Lord Germain, who was commanding the British, decided that the British should take New York. George Washington discovered their plan, and rushed his army to make sure that didn't happen. After two long days of fighting, the British decided to give the Americans a chance to surrender, as they had lost many soldiers, and while they did not surrender, they did retreat.
  • Victory at Trenton

    Late on Christmas night, the Continental army crossed the Delaware river and surprised attacked the Hessians, German mercenaries hired by the British, after their celebrations. The Hessians surrendered and they lost no men.
  • Winter at Valley Forge

    The winter at Valley forge was brutal, and it was made even worse because the army was low on supplies, and disease was going around the camp. Many soldiers died due to disease and starvation.
  • Battle at Priceton

    During the battle of Princeton, the Continental Army defeated the British, adding 300 prisoners to the previous 868 prisoners taken from Trenton.
  • Battle of saratoga

    With the long time it took the British Army to move through New York, it gave Washington time to plan and strategize before the British arrived. Once the British finally made it to Saratoga springs, they were swamped with Militia, and the British were forced to surrender on October 17.
  • Foreign officers

    Friedrich Van Steuben helped train the Patriots.
  • Battle of monmouth

    Washington wanted to test his newly trained army against the British, and he ended up winning.
  • the addition of free American soldiers

    There were free African Americans fighting in both concord and Lexington, but the Continental army banned access, and this changed in 1779 when there was a shortage of soldiers, and they allowed them to join again.
  • Clinton takes Carolinas+Georgia

    He took this because of the British loyalists.
  • Battle of yorktown

    When the French aided the Patriots during battle and they ended up winning!
  • Treaty of paris

    To end the war, the colonists and British came together to form these three rules:
    1) England had to recognize america as a country
    2)England gave up land south of Canada and east of the mississippi
    3) the Us would return loyalist property taken during the war
  • The end of the revolution

    The end of the war helped lots of other countries and showed them that they could also overthrow their countries laws.