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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Americans win
Important people: General Gage, Paul Revere
Started American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress meets
Important people: Peyton Randolf, Charles Thomson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Henry Middleton
Managed colonial war effort and moved towards independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British win but have great loss.
Important people: William Prescott, General Gage
Effect: Showed that colonists are not afraid to stand up to British. -
American defeat at Quebec
British win
Important people: Richard Montgomery, Benedict Ardold Daniel Morgan, Guy Carleton
Effect: They didn't take over Canada. -
British evacuate Boston
Important people: General John Thomas, George Washington, Sir William Howe
Effect: To prevent another battle from happening. -
Declaration of Independence signed
Important people: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin
Effect: The 13 American colonies, regarded themselves as independent states, & no longer a part of the British empire. -
Battle of Long Island
British win
Important people: George Washington, William Howe
Effect: Start of a successful British campaign which gave British control of New York, largest battle in the entire conflict. -
British occupy New York City
British win
Important people: William Howe, Richard Howe
Effect: The loss of New York was a terrible blow to Washington. In the months ahead, the American cause seemed bleak, indeed. -
Battle of Trenton
Americans win
Important people: George Washington, Hessians
Effect: Boosted Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired reenlistments -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Americans win
Important people: George Washington, General John Burgoyne, General Barry St. Leger.
Caused an uproar in the American public. -
Battle of Brandywine
British win
Important people: George Washington, William Howe
Effect: British captured Philadelphia, beginning an occupation that would last until June 1778 -
Battle of Saratoga
(Also on October 7, 1777)
Americans win
Important people: John Burgoyne, General Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold.
Effect: Decided John Burgoyne's army's fate and was a turning point in the war. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Winter 1777-1778
Important people: George Washington
Effect: Left Washington's army weak and smaller in number because so many men died. -
British occupy Philadelphia
(couldn't find an exact date but it was from 1777 to 1778)
Important people: George Washington, William Howe
Effect: Drew the Continental army into a battle in northern New Jersey. -
Alliance with France
Important people: King Louis XVI of France
Effect: Formed the alliance between France and America. -
Battle of Monmouth Courthouse
British win
Important people: George Washington, Charles Cornwallis, Nathaneal Greene, Henry Clinton
Effect: Showed that Continental army was good. -
Fall of Savannah
British won
Important people: Henry Clinton, Archibald Campbell, Robert Howe
Effect: Opening move in the British southern strategy to regain control of the southern provinces by appealing to the strong loyalist sentiment believed to be there. -
Spain enters the War
(Didn't know exact date - just guessed)
Effect: Spain helps the colonies -
Seige of Charlestown
British win
Important people: George Washington, Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis, Lord Rawdon, Colonel Mark Prevost
Effect: Charlestown surrendered to the British. -
Benedict Arnold's treason, discovered
Important people: Benedict Arnold, John Andre'
effect: Given an important military command. -
Articles of Confederation adopted
No important people found
Effect: Americans went from living under a sovereign king, to living in sovereign states, to becoming a sovereign people. -
French and British battle in Chesapeake Bay
French win
Important people: Thomas Graves, Samuel Hood
Effect: Effectively securing American Independence. -
Seige of Yorktown
Americans won
Important people: George Washington, Charles Cornwallis, Thomas Symonds
Effect: Declaration of Independence recognized by British government, American Independence. -
Cornwallis Surrenders
Important People: Charles Cornwallis
Brings American Revolution to an end... -
George Washington named Commander-in-chief
1789-1797 (I couldn't find the exact date)
Important People: George Washington
Effect: One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution.
