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Fighting at Lexington
On April 18, 1775 there were 3 men named Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott who announced that there were 700 british troops headed for Concord. The darkened countryside rang with church bells and gunshots- prearranged signals were being sent to notify the town that the british were coming. -
Concord
On that same day the British headed to Concord and found an empty arsenal, the british were planning on going back to boston when some of them were shot by people hiding behind walls, British soldiers fell by the dozen. -
Bunker Hill
The general of the British Thomas Gage decided to aim for militiamen on Breed's Hill, north of the city and near Bunker Hill. On June 17th, 1775 Gage sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill.The colonists held their fire until last minute by the time the smoke cleared, the colonists had lost 450 men while the British had suffered over 1,000 casualties. The misnamed battle of bunker hill would prove to be the deadliest battle of the war. -
New York
As part of the plan to stop the rebellion by isolating New England, the British quickly attempted to seize New York City, The British sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about German mercenaries or hired soldiers known as Hessian's because many of them came from Germany. -
Saratoga
American troops, finally surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered on October 17, 1777 -
Trenton
He led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked Delaware River. They then marched to their objective, Trenton, New Jersey and defeated a garrison of hessian s in a surprise attack. -
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778 was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress. British General William Howe, after unsuccessfully attempting to draw the Continental Army under General George Washington into a battle in northern New Jersey -
Marquis De Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette 1757-1834 was a French general and political leader who enthusiastically supported the American Revolution. The Continental Congress appointed him as major general in 1777, before France had officially entered into an alliance with the United States. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 during the American Revolutionary War. Starvation, disease, malnutrition, and exposure killed more than 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778. -
Yorktown
the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War
