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Lexington and Concord
on April 18 , 1775 paul revere, william dawes and samuel
Prescott rode out to spread word that 700 british troops were headed for concord the darkened countryside rang with church bells shots -
Philadelphia
In may 1775 colonial leaders called the second continental congress in philadelphia to debate at the second continental congress -
Bunker Hill
On june 17, 1775 gage sent 2,400 british soldiers up the hill. The midnamed battle of bunker hill would prove to be the deadliest battle of the war -
New York
the british sailed into new york harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000 soldiers. Many of them came from the german region of Hesse. -
Saratoga
on September 19 marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jerse -
Marquis De Lafayette
1771 Marquis de Lafayette, known in the United States simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the Siege of Yorktown. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington. In September 1777, British forces had captured the American capital of Philadelphia. -
Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive -
-Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War