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George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark was a soldier, and the highest ranking military officer. He was the Kentucky Militia leader. he is well known for his celebrated captures at Kaskaskia and Vincennes. -
French and Indian War
Great Britain and France went to war called the 7 years war. frances allies were Huron Indians. Great Britains indian allies was the Iroqois. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was what the king put on goods to pay for the French and Indian War. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened when the king gave taxes and it got the Rebels mad. One day a British Soldier was being taunted by the Americans. The Rebels were hitting them with sticks and people in the crowd were shouting fire and then the soldiers fired thinking it was there Capt. and then the masssacre started. -
Tea Tax
The King made taxes on tea and other important goods to the Patriots. -
Boston Tea Party
From the tea acts the Patriots got mad at the Britisha and dressed up like Indians and got on one of the ships and dumped all the tea in to the Harbor. -
Molly Pitcher
Molly Pitcher was a women who fought in the Revolutionary War. she dressed as a guy to get in. She mostly helped out the wounded people. she died january 22, 1832. -
First Continetal Congress
The continental congress met to dicuss how to fight England and how to break free from them. -
The MIdnight Ride
Paul Revere rode to Lexington and Concord to warn the people there that the British were coming. William Dawes and Samuel Prescott went along too. -
Lexington and Concord
In the battle of Lexington and Concord Paul Revere and 2 others rode to Lex. and Con. to warn those people that lived there that the British were coming. -
Second Continental Conogress
The Congress met for a 2nd time to get the Colonies together to fight the british and to get the canadians to help too. -
Breeed & Bunker Hill
In the battle of Breed andn Bunker Hill the patriots were out numbered and at night when the British were sleeping they dug trench things and the British couldnt see the Patriots and the Patriots killed a lot of them and then the Patriots had to retreat because they ran out of amo. -
Burning of the Boston Tax Office
The Patriots got mad at the British for taxes and burnt the tax office. -
Nathen Hale
Hale was a soldier for the Continenal army. He was considered the worlds first spy.He died September 22, 1776. He got hung by the British for being a spy.He said " only regret that i have just one life to lose for my Country." He said that before they hung him. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote it. It was to get the colonies to not be run by the king and for states. -
Battle of Long Island
General Washington was with the Continental army they went and were in the first major war in the Revolutinary war. -
Crossing the Delaware
George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware river to get away from the British and to surprise attack the Hessians. -
Battle of Trenton
General Washington lead his troops to Trenton and surprised attacked theGerman Hessians and massacred them. -
Valley Forge
A camp for the American Continel Army. -
Battle of Saratoga
went on for two months. -
Battle of Vincennes
In the Battle of Vincennes. Clark and his people went to Fort Vincennes and took a British prisoner and found everything that they knew. They went to war and the patriots left only 150 British soldiers. -
Lord Cornwallis/Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis was the British General that went against Washington and his troops. He surrendered the British at Yorktown. The Americans won. -
Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War. the King signed it on April 19, 1784.
