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Lexington
On April 19th, 1775, 70 minutemen were asked to drop their weapons, but someone fired a shot which ended in eight minutemen to be killed. This was the first battle of the revolutionary war which lasted only 15 minutes. -
Concord
The british soldiers lined up to march back to boston, but the march turned into a brawl. The british soldiers fell by the dozen. -
Bunker Hill
On June 17th, 1775, Gage sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill. The colonists had lost 450 men, while british suffered 1,000 casualties. This was proven to be the deadliest battle of the war. -
New York
The british seized to new york in the summer of 1776 with about 32,000 soldiers. Although the continental army attempted to defend new york in late august, they left due to being untied and poorly equipped. -
Trenton
They wanted an early victory so washington risked everything on christmas night 1776. In the storm he led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the icy delaware river. They then marched to their objective Trenton, New Jersey. -
Philadelphia
In september of 1777, they captured the American capital at philadelphia. -
Saratoga
Burgoyne traveled through the forested wilderness, with militiamen and soldiers from the Continental Army from all over new york and New England. American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he surrendered on October 17, 1777. -
Valley Forge
The french signed an alliance with the americans in february 1778 and openly joined them in their fight. Washington and his Continental Army fought to stay alive at winter camp in Valley Forge -
Marquis De Lafayette
A foreign military leader who offered them help. He lobbied france for french reinforcements in 1779, and led a command in virginia in the last years of the war. -
Yorktown
Despite the several defeats, in 1781 the colonists continued to battle Cornwallis. The british general then chose to move the fight to virginia. He led his army of 7,500 onto the peninsula between the James and york rivers and camped at Yorktown. Later on October 19, 1781 Cornwallis finally surrendered. -
Treaty of paris
Peace talks began in Paris in 1782. In september 1783, the delegates signed the treaty of paris which confirmed U.S independence and set boundaries of the new nation.