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battle of lexington and concord
this battle is important due to being the first official battle of the war it is know as the shot heard around the world -
battle of bunker hill
The British won the battle of Bunker Hill. The colonist retreated to the cambridge ? The colonist lost because they ran out of ammo to attack the British. The Battle of Bunker Hill the American generals to the American soldiers to “not to fire till they see the whites of their eyes”. This battle showed the British that the Americans were going to be a force to deal with. -
declaration of independence issued
continential congress issued the the declaration of independanc to british king george 3.thomas jefferson wrote the declaration.johnhancock,benfranklin,johnadams signd the declaraation. -
battle of long island
gen.howe (british)left boston and headed to ny.americans gen howe british they were numbered 5 to 1.british won took ny until 1783.crushing defeat look loosethe war -
Battle of Trenton
george washington's they crossed delaware during snow americans won took 14000 hessian soldiers on . no americans were killed morale boost for americans. -
battle of saratoga
conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's Americans captured a portion of the entrenched British defenses. -
winter at vally forge
General George Washington sought quarters for his men. Washington and his troops had fought what was to be the last major engagement of 1777 at the Battle of White Marsh (or Edge Hill) -
alliance with france
was the defensive alliance between France and the America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, which promised military support in case of attack by British forces indefinitely into the future. Delegates of King Louis XVI of France and the Second Continental Congress, who represented the United States government at this time, signed the treaty along -
siege of yorktown
American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict. -
cornwallis surrenders
American Revolutionary War as a soldier, serving as an aide to both George Washington and Horatio Gates.[1] After resigning from the army in 1777, he pursued a career as an artist. In 1785 he began sketching out ideas for a series of large-scale paintings to commemorate the major events of the American Revolution.After spending a time in England, he returned to New York City in 1789, where he sketched a number of dignitaries whose portraits he intended to use in these paintings.
