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lexington
A battle that lasted 15 minutes,Marked outbreak of conflict between great britain and the 13 colonies of america. Also the famous night paul revere warned people on horse about the attacking of the british. -
concord
battle of concord took place right after battle of lexington many british soldiers fell to the hands of the colonist, and they were the ones who chose to move to concord so they could seize in arms. -
bunker hill
2400 british soidiers came up the hill and the colonist shot them down and the british suffered 1000 casualties deadliest battle of the war. -
Philadelphia
the declaration of independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. -
New york
british left new england to stop rebellion by isolating its 32,000 soldiers. There victory over the americans gave them control of a small port of new york and it was the first major battle to happen after america signed off its independence earlier that same year. -
Trenton
Battle fought in new jersey the Americans won with a plan to cross an icy river Flanking the british soldiers from where they would not expect to be attacked. -
saratoga
general john Burgoyne surrendered and made the France believe the Americans can win the battles and they joined the cause and helped support the americans. -
valley forge
No battle was fought this is where george washington's men stood for the winter while they received from previous battles and waited out the winter to be in better fighting conditions. -
Marquis de Lafayette
French military general who came to help american troops in the war. His help was appreciated and many of the american soldiers respected him and followed his orders he was given his own unit of soldiers to command. -
yorktown
george washington commanded a force of 1700 french and continental troops and began the battle of yorktown against the british.One of the british commander cornwallis surrendered when he notice the war was being lost and this led to his and his army's capture which were america forced britain to negotiate an end to the conflict.
