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Paul Revere's Ride
Instructed by the Sons of Liberty to ride to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts -
The Declaration of Independence
The introductory sentence states the Declaration's main purpose, to explain the colonists' right to revolution. In other words, “to declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” -
Washington's crossing
Was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian (German mercenaries) forces in Trenton, New Jersey, on the morning of December 26. -
Valley Forge
The six-month encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Saratoga
His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
A combined American force of Colonial and French troops laid siege to the British Army at Yorktown, Virginia. Led by George Washington.