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Paul Revere rides and delivers news
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Fight at Lexington and Concord
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Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Washington becomes leader of Continental Army
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The Virginia Declaration of Rights
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First Virginia Constitution
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Declaration of Independence is adopted
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British occupy New York City
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Lord Cornwallis captures Fort Lee
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Washington crosses Delaware River and captures Trenton
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USA and French sign Alliance
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Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown
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The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
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Constitution Signed