Road to Independence

By 24ejensen1

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's started his historic midnight ride to Lexington at 10pm on Tuesday, April 18, 1775 and arrived to Lexington shortly after midnight on Wednesday, April 19, 1775.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    some 2,200 British forces under the command of Major General William Howe and Brigadier General Robert Pigot landed on the Charlestown Peninsula then marched to Breed's Hill

  • The Declaration of Independence

    This document stated that the American colonies would no longer be a part of Great Britain and would form their own country.

  • Washington's Crossing

    during the American Revolutionary War, this was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian

  • battle of saratoga

    The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.

  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge, was located approximately 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Philadelphia.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Siege of Yorktown, joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender.