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Lexington and Concord
-”the shot heard around the world”
-Red coats are sent to arrest rebel leaders and take all weapons
-rebels go to Lexington before the British & hide everything
-the British fired up to 4x more than the make-shift soldiers
-8 patriots dead, 10 wounded
-blood in the streets of Boston
-⅓ British red-coats are killed or wounded
-Patriots wanted to make British pay
-started the Revolutionary War -
Batlle of Bunker Hill
-most notorious battle
-General Gage sent 2300 British soldiers under the command of William Howe to the hill
-took place mostly on Breed’s Hill
-the colonial militia ran out of ammunition and had to retreat back to Cambridge
-British won
-800 british wounded and 226 killed
-British found out that un-trained colonial forces were willing to stand up to the British without hesitation -
Battle at Quebec
-British were under the command of General Wolfe
-British defeated the French forces
-Wolfe was fatally wounded during battle
-British and Canada were allies
-800 Americans killed
-20 British/ Canadians killed
-General Montgomery died during battle
-1200 men on each side
-the American troops who penetrated the walls were captured -
Battle at Charleston
-Americans suffered their worst defeat during the Revolution
-General Lincoln surrenders to General Clinton
-British had 10,000 troops
-British captured more than 3,000 Patriots
-British used loyalists to pacify the patriot population -
Battle of Trenton
-Washington runs to Valley Forge
-The British were fighting for money, Americans were fighting for their lives
-British left Trenton in the hands of Heshans
-Christmas night
-2 Patriot men freeze to death
-the fighting lasts less than an hour
-Americans marched 9 miles, bare-foot in the snow -
Battle at Saratoga
-isolating New England was the primary goal
-three pronged attack converging on Albany, and New York
-Howe decides to attack Philadelphia, home of the Continental Congress
-Howe’s troops outflanked the Americans which was a success
-General Gates raided British supply lines to Canada
-Burgoyne surrendered (men were very weak)
-more than 5,000 British troops captured -
Battle at Rhode Island
-known as the battle of Quaker Hill
-French fleet under d’Estaing blocked the small naval force at Narragansett Bay
-garrison at Newport was led by General Pigot
-General Sullivan began stockpiling supplies with the goal of attacking the British that summer -
Battle at Yorktown
-October 14, British run low on cannons -34 Patriots dead or wounded
-400 Patriots break the British forts
-Patriots dig trenches to take over the redoubts and use them against Britain
-Washington (commander) led the way and fought alongside his men
-cannons go off for 6 days
-British surrender and begin negotiating peace -
Constitution
Treaty of Alliance:
-once France entered the war, neither partner could sign a separate peace without the “liberty, sovereignty & independence” of the US
-France wanted Caribbean islands for trade
*the Constitution was prepared in secret behind locked doors, guarded by armed sentries
-was written in the same Pennsylvania house that the Declaration of Independence was written
