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Lexington
The battle of Lexington lasted only 15 minutes. British commander ordered Minutemen to arm down, and someone shot. That caused a war. -
Concord
The British went to the concord where they found an empty Arsenal. 700 British troops were headed for concord. The countryside was alarming people with bells that the British were coming. -
Bunker Hill
Proven to be the deadliest battle of war. Thomas Gage decided to strike at Breeds Hill, which caused a lot of Minutemen to die. -
New York
To stop the rebellion, British moved on to New York with 32000 soldiers. They included thousands of those who came from the German region of heese. -
Trenton
Desperate Washington risked everything for victory. They ended up in getting into another battle. After that, the British regrouped. Basically it was a small battle. -
Saratoga
The surrender occurred there. It turned out to be one of the most important events from the revolutionary war. -
Valley forge
While all those events were happening, Washington and his constinential army were low on food and supplies. More than 2,000 soldiers died because of those causes. -
Marquis De Lafayette
American troops began amazing transformation. Foreign military leaders went to help. Lobbied France to get the French reinforcements. -
Treaty of Paris
In 1783, delegates signed the treaty of Paris. That helped confirm the U.S, which set boundaries of the new nation. -
Yorktown
Lafayette and Washington moved down south.
