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American Revolution
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Lexington and Concord
- on the evening of April 18th, 1775 General Thomas Gage (British govornor of Massechusetts) sent 700 redcoats (a British soldier) to take militia weapons stored at Concord, approx. 30 km west of Boston
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General George Washington
George Washington was chosen to be the leader of the American army against the French because he knew the woods so well. In Europe, this was called "The Seven Years War," but the Americans called it "The French and Indian War." The English won the war. The Second Continental Congress formed the Continental Army and made George Washington a general. He started training his 14,000 men. On April 19, 1775, war broke out between the colonies and Great Britain. -
Patriots in Revolutionary War
A Patriot was an American colonist who favoured the radical action agaisnt the British authorities in colonia America. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776. The pamphlet gave the American colonists an argument for freedom from the British, when at the time independence was still undecided. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the founding document of American history. -
Trenton
Place: Trenton, New Jersey on the Delaware River
Combatants: Americans against Hessians and British troops
Generals: General George Washington against Colonel Rahl. -
Princeton
Princeton in New Jersey, USA
Americans against the British
General George Washington against Major General Lord Cornwallis
7,000 Americans against 8,000 British and Hessians although only 1,200 British troops were principally engaged. -
Saratoga
Saratoga on the Hudson River in New York State.
British and German troops against the Americans.
Major General John Burgoyne commanded the British and German force. Major General Horatio Gates and Brigadier Benedict Arnold commanded the American army.
The British force comprised some 5,000 British, Brunswickers, Canadians and Indians. By the time of the surrender the American force was around 12,000 to 14,000 militia and troops. -
French Contribution to American Revolution
The French assisted in the victory of the Americans in the Revolutionary War against Britain. -
The Capture of Savannah
American General Robert Howe of North Carolina, attepmted to protect the city with only 700 men against the British. They were overthrown and quickly the city was captured. -
The Siege of Charleston
Took place at the end of the Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards the American Southern Colonies. After about six weeks of siege, Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered forces numbering about 5,000 to the British. -
Benedict Arnold
Served in British Army
Benedict Arnold was an American general. At the beginning of the Revolution, Benedict Arnold was one of the bravest. Benedict Arnold tricked the British into thinking that thousands and thousands of American forces were heading to Fort Schuyler. There were really less than a thousand were going to the fort. The Americans entered the fort with no enemy, thanks to Benedict Arnold's trick. -
Yorktown
The American and French forces, aided by the French fleet, beseiged the Brittish militia. -
The Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties, see Peace of Paris (1783). It is most famous for being "exceedingly generous" to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries. -
The Loyalist Legacy
The Americans who were loyal to the British Crown faced 2 painful choices after the end of the Revolutionary War, which the Americans claimed victory for. Do they stay in the new United States and give their allegiance, or flee?
