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French Join The War (1775–1783)
After the Americans won the battle of Saratoga the French saw that the Americans were serious about this war and decided to help them out. They brought troops on land, and by sea, practically trapping the British from all sides, practically sealing the fate of the British. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord (April 19th, 1775)
This battle started with one small melicia finding out about the British coming. Then after their retreat Paul Revere went and told all the other melicias that the British were coming and they all met up in Lexington to ambush the British. This let the Patriots gain the upper hand and defeat the redcoats. This initially started the Revolutionary War for Americans. -
Second Continental Congress Meets (May 10th, 1775) - Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
At Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania they talk about what they want their government to be about, what problems they had with the way England was treating them. These meetings led up to Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence, which was signed July 4th, 1776. There were 56 delegates attending to the first meeting. -
Bunker Hill (June 17th, 1775)
A battle between the Patriots and the Redcoats. The Patriots had the high ground atop Bunker Hill and managed to kill 1054 out of the 2300 Redcoats they faced. Although the Patriots were eventually run off the hill they succeeded in making the Redcoats scared. -
Crossing Delaware/Battle of Trenton (December 25th - 26th, 1776)
A hopeful battle that came as a complete surprise. It was during a snowstorm, at night/early morning, on Christmas Evening/the morning after Christmas. George Washington knew that they would catch the Hessians by surprise, so he took all of his men and had them cross the Delaware river, which was icy and it was very dark. They walked 9 miles through a snowstorm, some of the men didn’t even have boots. They caught the Hessians by surprise and captured 800 men at the cost of 1 American. -
Battle of Saratoga (September 19 -October 7, 1777)
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. Two battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, 9 miles (14 km) south of Saratoga, New York. -
Battle of Saratoga (September 19 -October 7, 1777)
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. Two battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, 9 miles (14 km) south of Saratoga, New York. -
Valley Forge - (December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778.)
A place where George Washington took his troops to stay during the winter. It was close to Philadelphia where he could keep an eye on the British. But the winter was far too cold for their cloth tents so they made 900 wood huts, 12 men to a hut. It was still extremely cold but less men died of freezing to death. -
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Valley Forge - (December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778.)
A place where George Washington took his troops to stay during the winter. It was close to Philadelphia where he could keep an eye on the British. But the winter was far too cold for their cloth tents so they made 900 wood huts, 12 men to a hut. It was still extremely cold but less men died of freezing to death. -
Battle of Cowpens (January 17, 1781)
A decisive victory by the Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War over the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. It was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British. It took place in northwestern Cherokee County, South Carolina, north of the city of Cowpens. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse (March 15, 1781)
A battle fought in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans. The British Army, however, sustained such heavy casualties that the result was a strategic victory for the Americans. -
Battle of Yorktown (October 19, 1781)
A decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end -
End of The War (1783)
A French naval victory just outside Chesapeake Bay led to a siege by combined French and Continental armies that forced a second British army to surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. Fighting continued throughout 1782, while peace negotiations began. -
Treaty of Paris (September 3, 1783)
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, and Spain. Its territorial provisions were "exceedingly generous" to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries.
