Road to Independence

By 24hhall
  • Paul Revere’s Ride

    Paul Revere and his unnamed friend climb onto Paul’s horse, and they both rode through Medford, Lexington, and Concord to warm the patriots that the British are coming.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Tensions have been building up between the 13 American Colonies and British authorities, and British troops marched up on the night of April 18, and this is the war that kicked off the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    After the British defeated the Americans, they found out about the British planning on storming onto Boston, so there was another war and the British won again, but at a gravely cost of losing most of their troupes.
  • The Declaration of Independence

    It was an official taken by all the 13 colonies to declare freedom from British rule.
  • Washington’s Crossing

    Washington conducted a sail to Hessian to have a surprise attack on them.
  • Battles of Saratoga

    These marked the climax of the Saratoga Campaign, giving victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. General John led an invasion army from Canada in hopes of meeting another British force. He failed.
  • Valley Forge

    British forces captured the American Capital of Philadelphia, and Washington tried to take the city back but failed. So, Washington led his 12,000 army of men into Philadelphia and lived there for 6 months. There, around 1,800 men died due to diseases.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    American and French troops had laid siege on the British Army at Yorktown. This battle what the last of the American Revolutionary War, and shortly after this war and the American won, the British began peace Negotiations.