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Lexington
this battle only lasted around 15 minutes. When the british neared the town of lexington, 70 minutemen showed up at the seen. The general ordered them to leave their guns and to back off. They did back off but at the same time fired at them. Only 1 british soldier was injured while 8 of the minutemen died and 10 were injured. -
Concord
Around 3000-4000 minutemen had assembled by that time and they fired at the british troops while they would find cover behind stone walls and trees. -
Bunker Hill
general of the british army, Thomas Gage decided to attack the militiamen at Breed's hill. That was something he regretted. There were about 1000 casualties for the British. The militiamen swept them off the ground. -
New York
As a result of the rebellion, Great Britain attempted to isolate New England and seizing New York City. 32,000 soldiers landed on New York Harbor. Some part of those soldiers were Hessians, which were basically rent-a-soldiers from Germany. They were called Hessians because they were mainly from Hesse, Germany -
Trenton
Washington and his men crossed the Delaware river in dangerously low temperatures on their way to Trenton. There, they surprised the Hessians and defeated them on that very spot. -
Philadelphia
colonial leaders called the Second Continental Congress to debate. They debated what their next move was. Some people wanted to reconcile with Great Britain, but others wanted Independence. -
Saratoga
British officers had a lot on their plate at the time, like New York and New England, so when they surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, he surrendered. -
Valley Forge
because of a low number of food and supplies, on top of that, being winter, around 2,000 soldiers died in Valley Forge -
Yorktown
After knowing knowing Cornwallis's whereabouts, Washington moved south the Yorktown. Washington had Cornwallis surrounded, with the naval fleets being blocked of by the French, his power was very limited. After a month, Cornwallis surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
there is finally peace in Paris. The united States signed the treaty of Paris, which confirmed the United States’ Independence.
