revolutionary timeline

By jodn2
  • concord and lexington

    Concord and Lexington was the first war of the American revolution
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    boston

    The siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. In the siege, American patriot militia led by newly-installed Continental Army commander George Washington prevented the British Army, which was garrisoned in Boston, from moving by land
  • foreign officers arrive

    British generals William Howe, Henry Clinton, and John Burgoyne arrive in Boston with reinforcements for military commander Thomas Gage. July 12, Howe's brother Admiral Richard Howe will arrive in North America with a large fleet of warships.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Patriots held the British captive that were much stronger than them and only stopped because they ran out of gunpowder
  • new york

    George Washington's efforts to fortify New York City from a British attack led to the Revolutionary War's biggest battle
  • Trenton

    Washington and the Patriots attacked the British on Christmas while they were celebrating and caught them off guard. This was a big victory for the Patriots.
  • princeton

    The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton
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    saratoga

    The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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    Valley Forge

    It was a harsh winter and the Patriots had very little supplies and a lot of them had died
  • monmouth

    The Battle of Monmouth, also known as the Battle of Monmouth Court House, was fought near Monmouth Court House in modern-day Freehold Borough, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War.
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    Clinton takes over Georgia and the carolinas

    he pushed through and got Georgia and they used guerilla warfare to take back the carolinas
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    yorktown

    The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at exactly 10:30 am in Yorktown, Virginia.
  • treaty of paris

    The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary
  • end of the fighting

    the British surrendered and the Continental army finally won independence and America from the British
  • addition of freedom African soldiers

    During the Civil War, the Union formally established and maintained regiments of black soldiers