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Lexington
Place where the first battle of the revolutionary war began, 70 minutemen versus a troop of British soldiers. The battle began when someone shot a musket after the british troops had ordered them to put them down. 18 minutemen were killed and 10 were injured, only one british soldier was hurt, the battle lasted only 15 minutes -
Concord
The place where British troops marched to after the battle at lexington, when they arrived and approached their arsenal and found that it was empty. When they turned around to march back to Boston, they were approached my 3000-4000 minutemen. The minutemen began to attack the British and killed off a vast majority of them. The surviving troops fled back to Boston. -
Phildelphia
The second continental congress in philadelphia debated their move. The loyalties that divided the colonists sparked endless debates at the congress with the great britain. -
Bunker Hill
Deadliest battle in the war where minutemen ambushed redcoats and killed most of them showing they had a chance to win the war -
New York
The british quickly attempted to take hold of new york city, they sealed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with the force of 3200 soldiers. -
Trenton
Washington led 2,400 men to Trenton,New Jersey and defeated the british soldiers with a surprise attack. -
Saratoga
the British surrender the battle at saratoga turned out to be the most important events of this war. -
Yorktown
the colonists continued to battle Cornwallis. The British general decided to take the battle to Virginia and the British had surrendered in Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
Delegates signed the treaty of paris, which gives a barrier of a new nation -
Valley Forge
The continental army was low on food and supplies at winter camp -
Marquis De Lafayette
Military Leader
