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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord are generally observed as the first real bloodshead moments of the American Revolution in which a myriad of lives were lost. These particular battles gave impetus to the Second Continental Congress to create an army and saction war against Great Britain. -
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Timeline of the War of Independence
The American Revolution began well before 1775. However, for purposes of this unit, we are going to focus on the events of 1775 through 1783, the actual timeline of the War of Independence. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to discuss and debate the colonies stance regarding their relationship with Great Britain, form an army, and assign George Washignton as the commander-in-chief of that army; the first rumblings of declaring independence began during this meeting. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The First "major" battle of the American Revolution. Though the Americans lost the battle, The amount of casualities inflicted on the British gave the pause to consider that this war was not going to be so easy. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was an influential writing that encouraged Americans to keep fighting and break away from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
This extremely important documentserved as an offical proclamation of separation of the American colonies from Great Britain. -
Battle of Trenton
This battle was a major victory for the Americans. It was a surprise attack and a decisive win. -
The Winter at Valley Forge
The Continental Army rested in Pennsylvania in 1777. The bitter cold made life awful. However, it was here that the introduction of Von Steuben change to army's disposition and made it a true discipline fighting force. -
Battle of Camden
In this battle the Americans were convincingly defeated and this gave the British extreme confindence moving forward during their southern campaign. -
Articles of Confederation
On this date the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. While the articles gave very little power to the central government, they did serve as the precursor of the United States Constitution. -
The Battle of Yorktown
This is the last major battle of the War of American Independence, in which the Americans won a decicive victory, that led to the ending of the war, in which the United States was offically recognized as an independent nation. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris offically ended the War of Independence and gave the United States the recognition it deserved by Great Britain as an independent nation, free from the yoke of the "mother country."
