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Battle in Lexington
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, the British won this battle with only one wounded. 8 colonists die and 10 were wounded, and after this the British marched into Concord. -
Battle in Concord
After killing a couple minuteman the British were ambushed by up to 3,000 to 4,000 minuteman that shot from behind a stone wall and trees. The very few soldiers left went back to Boston were colonists held it under siege. -
Battle in Bunker Hill
Thomas Gage sent British soldiers to attack colonists on Breed's hill near Bunker Hill city, The colonist were winning this war into the end, but the British retreated with 1,000 casualties, was considered the bloodiest battle of the war. -
The fight for New York
The British came to New York with about 32,000 soldiers, and the colonial troops were untrained, unnumbered and not well equipped and after trying to defend New York they retreated, and by fall the British had pushed Washington's Army into pennsylvania. This was a Victory for the British. -
Rowing into Trenton
Washington led 2,400 soldiers into Trenton, New Jersey by rowboats in the middle of a ice storm in the Delaware river. He defeated British hired soldiers, the Hessians with a surprise attack. -
The Capture Of Philadelphia
In september of 1777, British regrouped itself and took the capital of America which was Philadelphia at the time. -
Saratoga
General Burgoyne planned to meet with another group of British troops as got to New York and then join forced but his plan failed. He was attacked in the forested by militiamen and soldiers because the other troops were stuck holding Philadelphia and he was surrounded by American troops, and decided to surrender. This Battle proved to the French who were secretly aiding them, that they could possibly win the war and signed a allianced with them. -
Marquis de Lafayette
After the American troops recovered from the winter they were trained by Friedrich Von Steuben, Marquis De Lafayette also came to help, and led a command in Virginia, with the help of these leaders the continental army became a effective fighting force. -
Valley Forge
More than 2,000 American soldiers died because of lack of food and supplies during the winter. But the people who made it didn't give up on the war -
York Town
Cornwallis camped with his army in York Town and shortly were surrounded by Washington and Lafayette armies, French naval forced blocked the sea entrance to the British, the less then a month later Cornwallis surrendered and the Americans had won the war -
Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed which declared the independence of the United States and gave boundaries of the country, which were from the Atlantic ocean to the Mississippi River and Canada to Florida.
