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Lexington
About 70 minutemen were prepared to fight while waiting for the british. The British did not make the first move, someone shot first and that's when british attacked back.The British had killed 8 Minutemen and 10 wounded -
Concord
British troops were sent to seize illegal weapons by a man named Thomas Gage. The British went to concord and found there was a empty arsenal. So colonist attacked and sent British back to Boston. -
Piladelphia
called the Second Continental congress in Philadelphia, where they would discuss if they would declare independence or have reconciliation with the British. -
Bunker Hill
Thomas Gage decided to attack the colonist up hill. He sent 2,400 British Soldiers. 450 colonists were killed and 1,000 British soldiers were injured. -
New York
In order to stop people from rebelling against the British they decided to seize New York City. With 32,000 soldiers. Colonists lost because they could not compete with the British and the british pushed Washington's army to Pennsylvania. -
Trenton
With a surprise attack the British were able to defeat Garrison of Hessians. On a fierce storm washington risked everything and made his men go across the ice-choked delaware river to march to trenton. -
Saratoga
American troops surrounded Burgoyne which made him to surrender so ultimately this turned out to be one of the most important events of the war. -
Marquis De Lafayette
Marquis De Lafayette and Friedrich von Steuben started to help out the Continental Army. With their help the Continental Army become difficult to defeat. -
Valley Forge
The French signed for alliance with the Americans. The soldiers would camp at valley forge but they eventually ran out of food and supplies. More than 2,000 soldiers survived but the rest did not leave. -
Yorktown
The british surrender to the americans. The british were also surrounded by 17,000 French and americans troops. -
Treaty of Paris
Delegates signed the treaty of paris which confirms U.S independence and it also sets boundaries of the new nation.
