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Bunker Hill and Hessian Hirelings
A small American force lead by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured the British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. -
America Secedes from the Empire
The second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia the next month, at the time the full slate of the thirteen colonies was represented. -
The Abortive Conquest of Canada
The British burned Falmouth (Portland), Maine -
The Abortive Conquest of Canada
The british burned the town of Norfolk, Virginia -
General Washington at Bay
General Washington and his men were overpowered by the British at the Battle of Long Island.Washington and his men escaped to Manhattan Island. -
Jefferson’s Explanation of Independence
Thomas Jefferson made the draft of the Declaration of Independence. Which the draft was approved by congress -
General Washington at Bay
The British concentrated their forces in New York City instead of Boston because Boston was evacuated -
Thomas Paine Preaches Common Sense
Thomas Paine released a pamphlet called Common Sense; It argued that the colonies had outgrown any need for English domination and that they should be given independence. -
Burgoyne's Blundering Invasion
London officials developed a plan for capturing the vital Hudson River valley -
The Land Frontier and the Sea Frontier
George Rogers Clark: conceived the idea of capturing the British forts located in the Illinois country in -
The Colonial War Becomes a World War
Spain and Holland became allied against Britain -
Blow and Counterblow
General Benedict Arnold turned a traitor against the Americans -
Yorktown and the Final Curtains
British General Cornwallis retreated to the Chesapeake Bay at Yorktown to await seaborne supplies and reinforcements. Admiral de Grasse joined the Americans in an assault of Cornwallis via the sea. George Washington, along with Rochambeau's French army and Admiral de Grasse, cornered Cornwallis. He was forced to surrender. -
Yorktown and the Final Curtain
The U.S. government was nearly bankrupt. -
Peace at Paris
A Whig ministry (favorable to the Americans) replaced the Tory regime of Lord North. -
Peace at Paris
Conditions of the Treaty of Paris -
The Land Frontier and the Sea Frontier
The Iroquois were forced to sign the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, which was the first treaty between the United States and an Indian nation. They ceded most of their land to the Americans. -
The Alien & Sedition Acts
The Supreme Court says that they cannot support the law, Alien Acts
