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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Location: Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
United States:
. Commanders- Colonel James Barrett, Colonel John Buttrick,
Dr. Joseph Warren, John Parker, William Heath
Great Britain
.Lieutenant General Hugh Percy, Major John Pitcairn,
Major General Francis Smith
The first military engagments of the Revolutionary War. "The shot heard 'round the world" at Lexington. While the milita men were retreating, the British fired at thier backs, very cowerdaly. -
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
Location: Fort Ticonderoga, New York
United States (Victors) :
.Commanders- Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen
Great Britain:
.Commanders- Captin William DeLePlace
The colonists forced British soliders out of Fort Ticonderoga and took it. -
The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
-A Continental Army was to be created.
-George Washington was to be the supreme commander
-The Declartion of Independence was drafted -
The Battle of Chelsea Creek
Location: Suffolk Country, Massachusetts
United States:
.Commanders- George Washington
Great Britain:
.Commanders- Samuel Graves, Thomas Graves
This was the first naval capture of the war, and it boosted the Colonial spirits. -
The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill
Location: Charlestown, Massachusetts
United States:
.Commanders- Dr. Joseph Warren, Israel Putnam,
William Prescott
Great Britain (Victors):
.Commanders- Sir William Howe
The colonists built dirt walls to hold the British of during the Siege of Boston. The colonists waited until they could for sure hit and kill the Red Coats. This was a new style of fighting that the British were not used to at all, and it took them by surprise. -
The Battle of Quebec
Location: Quebec City
United States:
.Commanders: Benedict Arnold, Daniel Morgan, Richard Montgomery
Great Britain (Victors) :
.Commanders: Captin William DeLaPlace, Sir Guy Carleton
A attempt by the colonists to capture the city of Quebec. The first real defeat suffered by the Colonists, Montogomery died. -
Common Sense published
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is published, and it fuels the fire of the Reveloution. -
The Battle of Long Island
Location: Long Island, New York
Unitied States:
.Commanders- George Washington, General Charles Lee, William Alexander
Great Britain (Victors):
.Commanders- Lord Charles Cornwallis, Sir Henry Clinton, Sir William Howe
Howe defeated Lee, and Lee rereated to Brooklyn Heights. When Washington arrived, he relized that they were in a trap, and Howe took advantage and cut Washington off. Washington mangaed to escape with his entire army and all the weapons across the East River. -
The Battle of Trenton
Location: Trenton, New Jersey
United States:
.Commander- George Washinton
Great Britain:
.Commander- Johann Rall
Washinton marched his troops all through the night to arrive at a Hessian picket gaurd at eight o'clock in the morning. They surprised the Hessians and won the battle. It boosted the Colonists spirits and gave them a much needed victory, -
The Battle of Princeton
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
United States (Victorious):
.Commander: George Washington
Great Britain:
.Commanders:Captain William DeLePlace, Charles Mawhood
Washington and his troops hide and get within 30 yards of the British lines and began to fire. The British retreated and the Colonists chased them. Greatly improved morale, and people once agian belived they could win the war. -
Battle of Brandywire
Location: Pennsylvania
United States
.Commanders: George Washington
Great Britain (Victors):
.Commanders: Sir William Howe
Washington's lowest point. The British attacked the less protected right wing of the American Army. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm)
Location: Saratoga County, New York
United States (Victors):
.Commanders-Benedict Arnold, Daniel Morgan, Horatio Gates
Great Britain:
.Commanders-General John Burgoyne
"Gentlemen Johnny" Both sides suffured losses, but the Colonists were happy that they could withstand the real force of the British Army. This is known as the turning point in the reveloution -
The US and France become allies
Both the United States and France sign the Treaty of Alliance. Basically said that untill the US gained its independence, niether France nor the US would make peace with England. France really wanted revenge. Thanks in part to Benjamin Franklin -
The Capture of Savannah
Location: Savannah, Georgia
United States:
.Commanders-Robert Howe
Great Britain (Victors)
.Commanders: Colonel Archibald Campbell
Howe made a feeble attaempt to defend Savannah with 700 men from the Britsh, but failed and retreted to South Carolina. -
The Siege of Charleston
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
United States:
.Commanders- Benjamin Lincoln
Great Britain:
.Commanders- Henry Clinton
Severe blow to the colonies. Gave the British almost complete control of the Southern Colonies -
French Troops Arrive to Aid the Americans
6,000 French troops arrived at Newport Rhode Island and greatly intimidate the British. But the arrived to support the Americans. -
The Battle of King's Mountian
Location: King's Mountian, NC
United States:
.Commanders: James Johnston, William Campbell
Great Britain:
.Commanders: Patrick Ferguson
'Turning point in the South'. Would lead to the collapse of British plans to crush the Reveloution. Ferguson was killed. -
The Battle of Yorktown
Location: Yorktown, Virginia
United States (Victors):
.Commanders-George Washington
Great Britian:
.Commanders-Lord Charles Cornwallis
AMERICA WINS THE WAR! The British were confined in a fort and the Americans bombared it with cannons for 6 days untill they finally surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris. Ended the Reveloutionary War and recongnized American Independence -
The US Consitution Signed
The Constitution is finalized and sighned -
New Hampshire Ratifies the Constitution
The US Constitution is adoped, but New Hampshire ratifies it, which leads to the Ratification of the Consituion in 1789
