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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
</a>British and American forces fight each other in the first battle of the American Revolution.
<a href='http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp' >History of Lexington and Concord -
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Lexington and Concord/Anniversary of our Nation's Founding
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Sam Returns Home
Sam comes home and tells his parents about Lexington and Concord. Then he figures out that his father does not approve of his decision on his side of the war, while Sam tells his family he enlisted in the army. -
Sam steals Brown Bess
Sam steals his father's gun, the Brown Bess, and takes it to war with him. -
Father is Questioned by Continentals
Father gets asked if he has his household firearm, the Brown Bess, but he does not because Sam stole it. This leads to Father being beaten by the Continental Army soldiers on the same day. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Americans become an independent nation by signing the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence -
Father and Tim go to Verplanck's Point
Father and Tim face harsh weather conditions like heavy snow on their way to sell cattle at Verplanck's Point, New York. -
Father and Tim come across Cow-boys
Cow-boys, who steal cattle, confront Father and Tim, and threaten to kill them, until a man saves them from death. -
Father is jumped by Cow-boys
Father is captured by the cow-boys that confronted him and Tim earlier. -
Father is Dead
Tim finds out that his captured father was killed on a British Prison Ship. -
Sam is framed
Sam tries to steal back his own cattle when it is taken by cattle thieves, but is framed by the crooks. -
Sam goes on trial
Sam must go on trial for what he was accused of doing, which was stealing cattle. -
Tim tries to save Sam
Tim comes up with a plan to rescue Sam from captivity by throwing a bayonet over the prisoner gates so he can get himself out. It turns out that Tim gets shot in the shoulder by a Continental, and Sam was not even in the prison encampment. -
Sam is executed
Sam, who is found guilty during his trial, is sent to be executed by gunshot. First, he is shot, then he catches fire and rolls in it until he is shot again. -
Tim and Mother go off to start a new life
After Sam's execution, Tim and his mother go to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to start over. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Americans, the French, the Spanish, and the British make a treaty that gives the Americans their independence, their land, and gives money back to Loyalists who lost land in the war.
<a href='http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/paris.html' >History of the Treaty of Paris -
Tim celebrates his brother's life
To commemorate his brother's short life on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Tim tells us the story of his brother and his bravery.
