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Revolution- Battle of Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the revloutionary war. It only lasted 15 minutes but lots of lives were killed in that amount of time. -
Concord
Concord was 5 miles short from Lexington, Massachusetts. British marched up to Concord and fought a big fight. About 3,000 and 4,000 minutemen fought back. After the amount of British dying, the British left back to Boston. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
British general Thomas Gage decided to strike at the militiamen on Breed's hill -
Saratoga
Valley Forge and Saratoga battled. Saratoga surrendered. Saratoga turned out to be one of the most eventful of the war. -
Marquis de Lafayette
It was a cold frozen winter when the American Troops made a difference. Captain Friedrich von Steuben helped train the continental aremy. In 1779 Lafayette led a command in Virginia. -
Valley Forge
More than 2,000 soldiers died due to the battle in Paris. -
Philadelphia
Contential major wrote in his diary how that day will become very important in history. -
Yorktown
17,000 French and American troops surrounded the British. They began persisted day and night until October 19 Cornallis finally surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
Delegates signed the Treaty of Paris which resoluted in confirmation of the U.S. independence.