American revolution

Phase 1

By Ethain

  • Lexington Picture: It shows the colonists standing in the field with the british charging

    Lexington Picture: It shows the colonists standing in the field with the british charging
    General Gage and his British troops were marching for Concord to take guns and ammunision from the colonists that were being stored there. To get to Concord the british had to pass through Lexington on there way. Colonists in Lexington got word of the british coming and they took there guns and stood out in a field in plain sight of the british. The britished charged just to scare them away but someone fired and the britished opened fire killing them. That sparked the revolutionary war.

  • Concord

    Concord
    Picture: This picture shows a batalian of british troops marching into Concord to secure weapons and ammo thats being stored there. General Gage ordered a search on Concord but didnt find as much as he would have if they werent already informed on the british advance by Lexington.

  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga
    Picture: This picture shoes Ethan Allen and his brigade charging into Fort Ticonderoga catching the british off guard. An American leader, Ethan Allen, sneaked into british territory in the middle of the night and captured Fort Ticonderoga very easily. He captured artillery and about 67 cannons and dragged them to Boston were they then used those cannons to seal of Bostons Harbor trapping the british.

  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill
    Picture: This picture shows the American malitia entrenched on top of Bunker Hill to hold off the british. British leader General Gage attacked american leader Colenol William Prescott on Bunker Hill were the americans set up cannons to prevent british ships from leaving Bostons harbor. The americans were heavily entrenched but they were defeated by the britishes supirior forces but at a big cost with 1000 british killed or wounded.

  • Battle of Quebec

    Battle of Quebec
    Picture: This picture shows American troops charging through the gates of Quebec were the british are waiting for them. American General Benedict Arnold hoped to defeat British forces in Quebec, Canada to gain Canadian support agenst the british but the attempt ended in failure when American forces were defeated.

  • British retreat from Boston

    British retreat from Boston
    Picture: This picture shows the british leaving on there gallions headed back to brittian. General George Washigton aimed 67 cannons at Boston threatening to bombard it and General Howe retreated from Boston on his terms.