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Lexington and Concord Battle
The first battle of the Revolunitoary War. The battle of Lexington lasted 15 mins. -
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Revoluntioary War
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Battle of Bunker Hill
General Thomas Gage decided to srike at militamen on breed's hill, north of the city and near Bunker Hill. Gage sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill. Colonist lost 450 men, and the British suffered 1,000 casualties. -
New York City
The British attempted to seize New York City. The British sailed into New York City harbor with a force about 32,000 soliders.The untrained and poorly equipped troops retreated. -
Trenton
Washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the Delaware River. They marched to Trenton, New Jersey and defeated a garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack. -
Philadephia
British captured the American capital at Philadelphia -
Saratoga
Saratoga is where the Americans surronded Burgoyne and where he surrendered This event is important because it bolstered the French that the American's could win the war. As a result the French signed an alliance. -
Valley Forge
Washington and his Continental Army was low on food and suppiles, they fought to stay alive at winter camp. More than 2,000 soliders died. -
Marquis De Lafayette
Was a French military officer. Lafayette lobbied France for French reinforcements in 1779 and a led command in Virgina in the last years of the war. -
Yorktown
About 17,000 French and American troops surronded the Britsh on the Yorktown peninsula and began bombarding them and day night. Less then a month later, Cornwalls finally surrendered -
Treaty of Paris
Peace talks began in Paris in 1782. The delegates signed the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed U.S.independence and set the boundaries of the new nation.
