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Paul Revere’s Ride
Paul Revere's Ride is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. It was first published in the January 1861 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
In this first battle of the American Revolution, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill, a battle on Breed's Hill outside of Boston in June 1775. The Battle involved the American army and a tough British army. Americans believed that they could stand up to the British army but lost the battle because they ran out of ammunition. The battle was important because although the Americans lost it still proved that they could hold their own aginst the British Army and was a" moral victory". 2 weeks after the battle Washington took command of the American Army. -
Creation of the Declaration of Independence
The Creation of the Declaration of Independence was on July 4th 1776. The Declaration was very important because a new country was born, the document listed colonists rights and grievances against King George III. The document was written by Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams aided Jefferson with Declaration revisions. John Hancock, as President of the Second Continental Congress, wanted the king to know he meant business. So he signed in a very large print. -
Thomas Paine’s writing of “The American Crisis”
he American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, is a pamphlet series by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. This was important because and his ideas contributed greatly to spreading enthusiasm for independence from Great Britain. -
Crossing of the Delaware River
In 1776 Washington ordered his troops to dramatically cross the icy Delaware River for a surprise dawn attack on the British at Trenton New Jersey. -
Battle of Trenton
After crossing the Delaware River in a crazy thunderstorm Washington’s troops beat a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. The victory set the stage for another success at Princeton a week later and boosted the morale of the American troops. -
Battles of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war. -
Battle of philadelphia
The Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778 was a British military campaign during the American Revolutionary War arranged to gain control of Philadelphia the Revolutionary-era capital where the Second Continental Congress convened and formed the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as its commander in 1775, and authored and unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence the following year, on July 4, 1776, which formalized and escalated the war. -
The Winter at Valley Forge
The Winter at Valley Forge was a battle in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania against the weather from 1777-1778 This time was supposed to be used for Army to regroup and resupply but the army ran out of food and clothing. Washington appealed to Congress for help. The cold also caused death to already exhausted, wounded, and malnourished soldiers. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America. It was important because led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783 and gave America its independence. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was a signed document that ended the American Revolution. The treaty was between Great Britain and The American Colonies. This treaty was in 1783. This treaty was very important because it ended the American Revolution which was a very major war.