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Gage sends hundreds of soldiers to come capture colonial leaders but Paul Revere and other patriots warn the people. The militiamen confront the British first at Lexington and then at Concord. Men on both sides were killed and injured.
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Patriot leaders gathered in Philadelphia and as Congress opened , 3,000 British troops attacked American fortifications. They created a Continental Army and George Washington was put in charge.
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Created a unicameral legislature with complete power
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Mainly written by Thomas Jefferson, the document justified independence and republicanism to Americans. He also mentions that "all men are created equal" and have the rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
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First major engagement of the new Continental army, defending against 32,000 British troops outside of New York CIty.
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John Adams publishes a book about a British Whig theory ofmixed government (a sharing of power among the monarch, House of Lords, and the Commons)
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At the battle of Volcour Island, which took place by Lake Champlain, the American army was beaten by the British.
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General Howe comes into Philadelphia (home of Continental Congress) from the south. Howe's troops defeated Burgoyne's army. This was the turning point of the war.
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Idea approved by the Continental Congress that provided a loose unionn in which "each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence.
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Washington leads thousands of soldiers to Valley Forge and they all suffer in the long winter.
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While at Valley Forge, von Steuben becomes an inspector general of the Continental army and instutues a strict drill system. Because of his work, the smaller army that came in the Spring from Valley Forge, was much more diciplined.
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The French and Americans come together under an agreement to help eachother. Amerca offers France land the Americans are seeking military aid.
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Clinton was originally sent to help General Howe, he worked his way up to second in command and then in Philadelphia he was able to become commander with Cornwallis as second in command.
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Proclamation that declared that any slave who deserted a rebel master would recieve protection, freedom, and land from Great Britain.
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Clinton in charge of British troops and launches a seaborne attack on Savannah, Georgia.
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Spain joins the war to regain Florida
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After British forces march and Clinton forces surrender of Charleston, South Carolina, the Lord Charles Cornwallis assumes control of the British forces.
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French aid comes and Americans are able to surround British army. Cornwallis has nothing else to do so he surrenders.
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Lord North resigns as British Prime Minister in 1982.
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Negotiation between the Amerians and Brittish that ended the revolutionary war and recognized American Independence.
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The congress decides that they are going to start enacting political and land ordiances for whenever there is a new state.
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A series of protests by American farmers who were against local taxations laws. It took its name after the leader Daniel Shays of Massachusetts.
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An idea for a national government devised by James Madison that detemined that national political institutions would run by men of high character.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson, establishes the principle of territory that could become states as their populations grew.
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11 states ratify Constitution. Articles that talk about the separation of power with three separate branches of government. The three different branches are legislative, judicial, and executive.
