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The battle of Lexington
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott spread the word, on horseback that British troops were coming (red coats). They reached Lexington, Massachusetts the very next day. The British began to fire only one British soldier was injured 8 minutemen were killed and ten wounded. This war only lasted 15 minutes. -
Concord
The British headed back towards concord. There was a slaughter, 3000-4000 men assembled and waited for the British. They hid behind trees and stone walls and attacked, killing British troops by the dozen. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British general Thomas Gage wanted to strike at militia on breed’s hill. On June 17, 1775. 2,400 troops went up the hill, colonial troops began to shoot the British going up the hill one by one until 1,000 men were killed. -
New York
The British attempted to seize New York sailing into their harbor in the summer of 1776 with 32,000 soldiers composed by many Germans and Hessians(Germans) in order to gain control of new England. These men were unprepared and soon retreated. -
Battle of Trenton
Washington set out an attack on December 25, 1776 against the soldiers who entered through New York , he lead 2,400 men in row boats across the Delaware river into Trenton and were successful in killing many. -
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Saratoga
Americans surrounded Burgoyne, a Canadian who had planned to meet with the British to gain control of new England on October 17, 1777. And the troops surrendered. France then signed an alliance because of the power the saw in the Americans and joined their fight in 1778. -
Battle of Valley Forge
More than 2000 soldiers died, from food deprivation but many did not desert and suffered for what they believed. -
Marquis De Lafayette
In February 1778 Marquis and Friedrich Von Steuben came offering help creating great fighting forces for America. -
Yorktown
After Saratoga the British moved south obtaining Georgia, in 1781 the colonialist fought against ten in efforts to keep the Carolinas. The British moved toward Virginia with 7500 troops between the James and York rivers. In September 17000 French and Americans surrounded them at Yorktown, and they later surrendered due to bombardment. -
Philadelphia
Money became a problem and paper money that was less of value were made to pay troops. So one day Robert Morris and Haym Salomon borrowed and collected money from Quakers and Jews to pay these troops. On September 8, 1781 a major wrote that this was the first time they had received a months pay in coins. -
Treaty of Paris
Peace talks began in Paris in September 1783 John Adams, Jay of New York, and Benjamin Franklin signed the treaty of Paris confirming U.S. Independence and boundaries stretching from the Atlantic ocean to the Mississippi river and from Canada to Florida border.