timeline

  • bunker hill

    200 redcoats attacked. The minute men were commanded to not fire until they saw the "whites of their eyes." Colonists decided to fortify two hills that overlooked Boston.
  • concord and Lexington

    the battles of concord and Lexington was the first major military campaign of the American revolutionary war resulting in an American victory and out posting of military support for the anti British cause.
  • seige of boston

    The British woke up to the Boston surrounded by colonists cannons pointing at the city. Instead of risking a bloody fight with the colonists they believed they were extremely armed. 9000 British soldiers were shipped out to the city along as 1,100 loyalists.