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battle of lexington and concord
-date: april 19,1775
-winner: americans
-inportant people:general gage, francis smith, paul revere
-effect:: official beginning of american revolutionary war -
George Washington named commander in cheif
date- june 15,1775
inportant people- john adams,alexander hamilton, jMES WILISON
effect- they ahd a better army -
battle of trenton
date-june 15,1775
winner- americans
inportant people- george washington, nathanael greene,
effect- it effectively raised morale and colonists won th land around princeton. -
battle of bunker hill
date-july 17, 1775
winner-british
inportant people-cpt. thomas gage, william howe, john
effect- colonist ran out of amammunition and got slaughtered. -
british evacuate boston
date- march 17,1776
inportant people- george washingon, henry knox
effect- they established a saint patrics day. -
second continental congress meets
date-may 10, 1776
inportant people- thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin, john hancock
effect- they break away from british -
declaration of independence issued
date- july 4th 1776
inportant people-john hancock, benjamin franklin, john adams, thomas jefferson
effect- we have independence day which is called the 4th of july -
battlee of long island
date- august 27, 1776
winner-british
inportant people- george wasington, rutnam
effect-It was the start of a successful British campaign that gave the British control of the strategically important city of New York. In the American Revolutionary War -
british occupy new york city
inportant people- george washington general williams
effect-He lost close to 1,700 men, as well as the city of New York and vast amounts of munitions -
capture of fort ticonderoga
-winner:british
-inportant people: general john burgoyne, general barry st.
-effect: bendict and arnold became a traitor. -
american defeat at quebec
date- july 5,1777
winner-british
inportant people- montgomery, arnold
effect- beneidict arnold becamea traitor. -
battle of brandywine
date- september 11,1777
winner-british
inportant people-George Washington Nathanael Greene Francis Nash Peter Muhlenberg Anthony Wayne
effect-americans ran away -
british occupy philadelphia
date- september 26,1777
inportant people-General Sir William Howe
effect- General Howe resigned during the occupation of Philadelphia and was replaced by his second-in-command, General Sir -
battle of saratoga
date- october 7, 1777
winner- americans
inportant people- john burgoyne, horatio gates
effect- It brought the French into the war. This now showed the Americans had a chance to win. -
articles of confederation
date-
inportant people- samual adams john dickinson,elbridge gerry, john hancock, richard henry
effect- The Land Ordinance of 1785 marked off all the land east of the Mississippi into townships and put up 640-acre lots in the townships for sale -
winter at valley forge
date-December 19 1777
inportant people- george washingtonGeneral Marquis de Lafayette
effect-Washington'sarmy lacked supplies. -
alliance with france
inportant people- benjamin franklin, george washington
effect-After being informed about the Treaty of Alliance with France, George Washington wrote to the Continental Congres -
battle of monmouth court house
date- june 28, 1778
winner- no winner a draw
inportant people-George Washington and Sir Henry Clinton
effect- Lee mismanaged the fight and was forced to retreat with the British in pursuit -
fall of savannah
inportant people- robert howle, archibald campbell
effect-Henri Christoph, commanded Haiti's revolutionary army and later became king of Haiti. -
spain enters the war
inportant people-Bernardo de Gálvez,Matías de Gálvez, Luis de Córdova y Córdova Juan de Lángara George Brydges Rodney,
Richard Howe,George Augustus Eliott, John Campbell,James Murray
effect-they lost there new world empire -
seige of charlestown
inportant people- king charles, minister charles gravier
effect- that built on the idea that there was strong Loyalist sentiment supporting the southern colonies. -
benedict arnolds treason discovered
inportant people- jon xhore, 3 young patriots
effect-His conflicting legacy is recalled in the ambiguous nature of some of the memorials that have been placed in his honor. -
french and british battle in chesapeake bay
inportant people-Comte de Grasse Sir Thomas Graves Sir Samuel Hood
winner- americans
effect-Battle of the Virginia Capes, -
seige of new york
inportant people-King Henry III George Washington-
effect-found themselves facing sharply reduced profits and sometimes bankruptcy. -
cornwallis surrenders
inportant people- charles cornwallis george washington
effect- he surrendered after three weeks of siege,
