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Introduction
There was unfair taxes in the colonies and less than one-third of the colonists wanted independence from Britain. -
Lexington and Concord
The night before the outbreak the boston church had to laterns in it.That meant to the patiots a sign that the redcoats were coming. -
The Second Continental Congress
Weeks after outbreak representatives from the colonies formed second continental congress as an emergency goverment throughout the war -
Decleration Of Independence
The decleration describes the ways Britain took away the rights from the colonists and they declare that America must be independent to form a new democratic nation. -
Slavery and The New Nation
In the decleration slavery was a controversial and conusing issue because some hated it and others wanted it. -
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
George washington and his men crossed the delaware river to attack and crossed again to New Jersey. -
Encampment at valley forge
Two months after fighting at saratoga set up encampment at valley forge. valley forge encampment became second largest city in U.S. -
The campaign in the southern states
Late in december the kings force seized savannah, georgia and soon took control of the whole state. -
Yorktown,Virginia:The Last Battle of the Revolutionary War
When washington got to Yorktown he learned that the British were outnumbered and he took advantage of and the British surrendered.
