Revolutionary war

American Revolutionary War

By katyhill
  • Period: to

    Events leading up to the war

  • Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

  • The Boston Massacre

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • Period: to

    The War

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • The Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes

  • Geroge Washington named Commander in Chief

  • Declaration of Independence adopted

  • British win the Battle of Harlem Heights

  • Washington Crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton

    Famous American victory that began with "Washington Crossing the Delaware." Actually, the whole army crossed the Delaware River, which was frozen in places, on Christmas night, 1776, from Pennsylvania to the outskirts of Trenton, New Jersey. There, the Americans surprised a drunken Hessian force that celebrated the holiday a little too much. The battle lasted about 45 minutes and resulted in 900 Hessian prisoners. The Americans then marched on Princeton and won there, too. They were smashing vic

  • Washington wins the Battle of Princeton

  • Start of the Winter at Valley Forge

  • The French Alliance

  • End of Valley Forge, PA

  • British capture Charleston, SC

  • Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA