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AT the Second Continetal Congress during summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia was charges with drafting a formal statement justifying the 13 North American colonies break with Great Britain.
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The Battles of Trent and New jersey was small took place on the morning of December 26, 1776.
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The battle of Saratoga was in the the second year of the American revolution. This War was fought eighteen days apart.
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The British captures Philadelphia on September 26 1777. General George Washington's defeats at the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of the Clouds.
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The State Constitutions is basically the agreement of American rights.
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Articles of Confederation,the first constitution of the United States, on November 1777. The Articles created loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments.
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The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or places within the jurisdiction on the United States from any foreign kingdom, place , or country.
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The particularly severe winter of 177-1778 proved to be a great trial for the American army, and the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease.However, the suffering troops were held together by loyalty to the patriot cause and to General Washington, who stayed with his men.
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During the American Revolution, the U.S. ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a hard fought engagement against the British ships of war Serapis and countless and Scarborough, off the eastern coast of England.
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On June 21, 1779, Spain declares war in Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans. Spain's King Charles 3 would not consent to a treaty of alliance with the United States.
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After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat if the revolution on may 12, 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army 10,00 at Charleston, South Carolina.
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On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a fore of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the battle of Yorktown against British General lord Charles Cornwallis and contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
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The treaty of Paris of 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary war. American statement Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay negotiated the peace treaty with representatives of King George 3 of Greta Britain.
