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Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. There destination was Lexington and the ConCord. General Gage was the leader. He came up with the idea of how to take the British down but someone leaked his plans. -
Second continental Congress
Things got worst after the Lexingtong and Concord Battle. The Redcoats fired a bomb into the Boston crowds. The professional imparial army was attempting to arrest the patriots. In May 1775, with Redcoats once again storming Boston, the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. -
Bunker Hill
Under the command of Atemas Ward, the troops left there camp heading for Bunker Hill so that they could bombard the town and British ships. The order was not clear so the troops made a mistake and went to Breed's Hill instead. -
Declaration of Indepence
Richard Henry Lee intruduced a suggestion to congress that all 13 states are free independent states. Congress did not act on the resolution immediately. A vote was set for early July. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, was selected to choose the careful wording. Finally on July 4, 1776, the colonies approved the document. The vote was twelve to zero. -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 where he had won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a night march to capture Princeton. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey and greatly improved the morale and unity of the colonial army and militias. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. General John Burgoyne led a marched into New York from Canada. Burgoyne presented The divide-and-conquer strategy which was to invade America from Canada by advancing down the Hudson Valley to Albany. He would then meet up with General Howe. Howe would be coming from New Jersey. -
Winter at Valley Forge
In December, Washington marched his army to Valley Forge where he could keep an eye on General Howe's British army ensconced in Philadelphia. At Valley Forge, there were shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. Washington's men were sick from disease, hunger, and exposure. The Continental Army camped in crude log cabins and endured cold conditions while the Redcoats warmed themselves in colonial homes. The patriots went hungry while the British soldiers ate well. -
John Paul Jones Captures the Serapes
On September 23, there was a gallant sea fight between the squadrons of Captain Richard Pearson, and Paul Jones. It is known as the Battle of Flamborough Head. Paul Jones prevented the latter from commiting his depredations on the Yorkshire coast. -
Battle of King's Mountain
Colonel William Campbell the Patriot defeated Tories under Major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of King's Mountain in South Carolina.Ferguson had arrived in North Carolina in early September 1780 with the purpose of recruiting for the Loyalist militia and protecting the flank of Lord Cornwallis' main force. Ferguson issued a challenge to the rebel militias to lay down their arms or suffer the consequences. In response, the Patriot militias led by James Johnston, rallied for an attack on Ferguson -
British surrender at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to a close. Previously, Cornwallis had driven General George Washington's Patriot forces out of New Jersey in 1776, and led his Recoats in victory over General Horatio Gates and the Patriots at Camden, South Carolina, in 1780. -
Treay of Paris Ratified
In the document, which was known as the Second Treaty of Paris because the Treaty of Paris was also the name of the agreement that had ended the Seven Years' War in 1763, Britain officially agreed to recognize the independence of its 13 former colonies as the new United States of America. The treaty settled the boundaries between the United States and what remained of British North America. -
Washington's Farewell
Its a letter written by the first United States president Gorge washington to the people of the United States. Washington wrote the letter near the end of his second term as President, before his retirement. It was meant to be realse after his first term but he was elected again for a second term. It was written to warn the American Peoplle to stay true to there values and be aware of what politics can do to the Nation.
