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Paul Revere's Ride
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy and Cambridge. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was involved in the battle. It was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the majority of combat took place on the adjacent hill which later became known as Breed's Hill. -
Creation of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these new states took a collective first step toward forming the United States of America. -
Crossing of the Delaware River
The crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a surprise attack by George Washington in Trenton, New Jersey. Washington led the Continental Army troops across the Delaware River. Other planned crossings in support of the operation were either called off or ineffective, but this did not prevent Washington from surprising and defeating the troops of Johann Rall quartered in Trenton. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian forces at Trenton. After a brief battle, almost two-thirds of the Hessian force was captured. -
The Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight militia for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by George Washington. In September 1777, British forces had captured the American capital of Philadelphia. After failing to retake the city, Washington led his 12,000-man army into winter quarters at Valley Forge, They remained there for six months, from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. About 1,700 to 2,000 soldiers died due to disease, possibly exacerbated by malnutrition. -
The Battle of Philadelphia
The Battle of Philadelphia was a British initiative in the Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress. British General William Howe, after unsuccessfully attempting to draw the Continental Army under George Washington into a battle in New Jersey, embarked his army on transports, and landed them at the northern end of Chesapeake Bay. -
Battles of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga gave a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army south of Canada in the Champlain Valley, hoping to meet a similar British force marching north of New York City and another British force marching east of Lake Ontario. -
Thomas Paine's writing of "The American Crisis"
The American Crisis is a pamphlet series by written by Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. Often known as, The American Crisis. There are 16 pamphlets in total. Thirteen numbered pamphlets were published between 1776 and 1777, with three additional pamphlets released between 1777 and 1783. The first of the pamphlets was published in Pennsylvania Journal on December 19, 1776. Paine signed the pamphlets with the pseudonym, "Common Sense". -
Battles of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown. Was a victory by a combined force of Continental Army troops led by George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Charles Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. The treaty set the boundaries between the British Empire in North America and the United States, on lines "exceedingly generous" to the latter. Details included fishing rights and restoration of property and prisoners of war.
