Road to Independence

By Berkley W

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    A race to Concord to warn Patriots Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to Concord to arrest them.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill

  • The Declaration of Independence

    A group of men came together in the summer of 1776 to find ways to become independent from Great Britain.

  • Washington's Crossing

    George Washington crossed the Delaware River

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Marked the turning point in the Revolutionary War.

  • Valley Forge

    The six-month encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    At Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops