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Lexington
As the kings tropops neared the town (concord) there were 70 minute men lined up. Shots were fired and eight minute men were kelled and ten wounded, but only one British solider was injured. The battle of Lexington, the first battle of the Revolutionary War, lasted 15 minutes. -
Concord
The British marched on to Concord only to find an empty arsenal and started to march back. 3,000 and 4,000 minute men had assembled by now and the British march quickly became a slaughter. The minute men fired, Britsh fell by the dozens. The remaining made it back to Boston. Colonist had become enemies of the Britsh soldiers and held Boston and Britsh troops under siege. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Gage sent 2,400 Britsh soldiers up the hill. Shots were fired and by the time the smoke cleared colonists had lost 450 men, while British had suffered over 1,000 casualties. The Battle of Bunker Hill would prove to be the deadliest battle of the war. -
New York Battle
As a part of a plan to stop the rebellion by isolating New England the British quickly attempted to seize New York City. The British Soldiers sailed in the New York habor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000 soldiers named Hessians. -
Battle of Trenton
Desperate for a early victory Washington risked everyting on one bold stroke sef for chrostmas night 1776. In force of a fierce storm, he lead 24,00 men in a small rowboat across the Delaware River. They then marched to their objective-Trenton, New Jersey-and defeated a garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack. -
Battle of Brandywine
The British soon regrouped, however, and in september of 1777, they caputured the American capital at Philadelphia. -
The surrender at Saratoga
British General Burgoyne traveled, while fighting off colonial troops he didn't realize his fellow British officers were occupied with holding philadelphia and werent coming to meet him. American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga where he surrendered on October 17, 1777. -
Valley Forge
Washington and his Continental Army-despertely low on food ans supplies fought to saty alive at winter camp in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. More than 2,000 soldiers died, yet the surviors didnt desert. -
Marquis De Lafayette
Marquis De Lafayette was a foriegn military leader that arrived at Valley forge to help train the Continental Army. With help like Marquis De Lafayette the raw Continental Army becaome an effective fighting force. -
Surrender at Yorktown
17,000 French and American troops surrounded the British on the Yorktown peninsula and began bombarding them day and night. Less than a month later on October 19, 1781 Conwallis finally surrendered. The Americans shocked the world and defeated the British. -
Treaty of Paris
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams. and John Jay were included in the delegates that signed the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed U.S. independence and set the boundraies of the ne nation. The Untied States now stretched from the Atlanic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to the Florida border.
