Middle Stages Timeline

By Makenna.Rain

  • Meeting Of The Second Continental Congress

    It was agreed to created a continental army

  • Common Sense Published

    helped sway people to declare independence from Great Britain

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    British sent to confiscate weapons from patriots

  • Battle of bunker Hill

    British defeated the Americans, but lost 268 soldiers

  • Failed Seizure of Quebec under Benedict Arnold

    first major war defeat for the Americans

  • Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

    landmark for history of democracy. contains goals of nation.

  • Battle of Trenton

    Americans captured Hessian troops

  • Washington’s Encampment at Valley Forge

    many American soldiers died of illness. called the birth place of the American army

  • Paoli Massacre (Battle of Paoli)

    The British won

  • Battle of Saratoga

    turning point for revolutionary war. Hessian troops surrender