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Lexington
paul revere and other rides rode out to alert the people that 700 british troops were coming to concord. They ran church bells and gunshots to signal the british were coming -
Concord
british marched on concord where the british found a empty arsenal.then the british marched back to boston dozens of soldiers died the remaining survivors marched back to boston. the colonists were soon the enemies of britain -
Bunker hill
on june 17 1775 2,400 soldiers to strike at the militia on breed’s hill the colonists assembled a fire that mow down on the red coats when the smoke cleared the colonists lost 450 men -
New York
england and the british attempted to seize new york city they sailed into the new york harbor in 1776 with a army with 32,000 soldiers -
Trenton
soldiers marched into trento new jersey in 1776 and killed a garrison of hessians in a surprise attack. -
saratoga
american troops surrounded burgoyne at saratoga where he surrendered on october 17,1777 -
Valley Forge
in 1778 the low supply of food and supplies killed more than 2,000 soldiers -
Marquis De Lafayette
in 1779 lafayette offered to help with other foreign leaders lafayette lobbied france for french reinforcements -
Philadelphia
in 1781 morris and salomon begged and borrowed from their personal credit to raise money for the continental army -
Yorktown
in 1781 the british general decided to fight virginia he led a army of 7,500 soliders to camp in yorktown cornwallis wanted to fortify yorktown then take virgina to then move into the north to join the clinton’s forces. -
Treaty of paris
in september 1783 the delegates signed the treaty of paris which confirmed the U.S independence which also set boundaries of the new nation
