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Lexington
70 Minutemen were waiting on the british and were prepared to fight, someone shot the British and the british attacked back. British killed 8 Minutemen and 10 wounded. -
Concord
Thomas Gage sent british troops to Concord to seize illegal weapons. British went to concord and found there was a empty arsenal. Colonist attacked and sent British back to Boston. -
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American Revolution Battle Timeline
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Philadelphia
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
British tried to seize NYC to stop the people who rebelled against them. With 32,000 soldiers. Colonists could not compete with the British which mean they lost and the british pushed Washington's army to Pennsylvania. -
Trenton
The british defeated garrison of hessians in a surprise attack. 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. -
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 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.
