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Loyalists
Loyalists The people who were loyall to Britain were fighting America and they were constintaly fighting them during the revolution. -
Patriots
Patriots The Patriots were the people who were loyal to America and they were a crucial part in the AMerican Revolution and it wouldnt have been anything withut them. -
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First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress From September 5th to October 26th in 1774 the Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphi was used for the First Continental Congress meeting. The colonies there were united to show a determination of authority to Great Britain. The main theme among colonies was the colonial rights. Key tasks were carried out yet the bodies objectives were not completely clear. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord General Gage of Britain had a plan which was at the early hours of April 19th 1775 British regiments would sneak in and they would capture Colonial leaders John Hancock and Sam Adams, they would then go to Concord and take gunpowder from the city.Their plans were discovered and towns were outraged so militias were starting to form and head to Lexington and Concord to help out their neighbour towns by fighting the British. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill On the night of June 16th American troops went up to Bunker Hill with shovels, picks, guns and ammo and they dug a trench all night long. The American troops dug on the wrong hill they dug on the farther side of the British position. Americans were waiting to attack the British in the morning, 1,054 of 2,300 British were hurt or killed. -
Olive Branch Petition
Olive Branch Petition this was a petition the colony sent to Britain and the reason being the Americans wanted to get certain things instead of creating a war but the British declined the petition and strated the American Revolution. -
Yorktown
Yorktown was a battle that lasted 20 days that started on September 31st 1776 and on October 19th 1776 the British general Charles Cornwallis surrendered and with him 8,000 British troops while the Americans had lots of troops on there way to fight. -
France
France France helped the Americans in the war by giving them supplies, weapons and ammunition and also fought with them against the British. -
Trenton
Trenton December 25th 1776 Americans fought British troops and hessians at the Delaware River in New Jersey. -
Princeton
Princeton January 2nd 1777 American soldiers left there camp at night to head to Princeton and they would get by the red coats. The red coats retreated when Washington’s men started battle with them, many were taken prisoner. -
Saratoga
Saratoga happened on October 17th 1777, at the Hudson River, in the New York state. The British teamed up with the Germans and they fought the Americans. Americans were forced to surrender by British and German general. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge The Continental Army was positioned for 6 months a few miles off Philadelphia. No battle was fought from December 19th 1777 to June 19th 1778. -
Savannah
Savannah happened on Tuesday December 29th 1778 in savannah, Georgia. Americans went to capture the city of savannah from the British but the American defence broke at the back of the army and they were concurred by the British and General Robert Howe retired. -
Charleston
Charleston In Charleston, South Carolina the British made there way up to the neck of Charleston and the Americans fought the British back to a more southern region. it was one of the major wars that took place near the end of the revolution. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris This was set terms of agreement that were between US, Britain, France. Some of the countries disagreed with somethings that were in favour of the ither countries. It ended the American Revolution.
