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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American Colonist were angry at Britian for imposing taxarion without representation. they dumped 342 chests of tea -
Lexington and Concord
Start of the revolution. It was just colonial miltiamen to stop the redcoats. -
Battle of Bunker hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the
British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an importantconfidence boost. -
British capture New York
On July 3, 1776, British troops landed on Staten Island. Over a period of six weeks, British troop strength was increased so that its number over 32,000 by the end of August. Meanwhile, General Washington was preparing his men as well as he could under the circumstances. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was designed for multiple audiences: the King, the colonists, and the world. It was also designed to multitask. Its goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country. -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. -
Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga occurred in September and October 1777, during the second year of the American Revolution. It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart. -
Valley Forge
The six-month encampment of General George Washington’s Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Monmouth
June 28, 1778, General George Washington and his subordinate, General Charles Lee, attacked rearguard elements of General Sir Henry Clinton’s British Army. -
British capture of Savannah
On December 29, 1778, British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell and his force of between 2,500 and 3,600 troops, which included the 71st Highland regiment, New York Loyalists, and Hessian mercenaries, launch a surprise attack on American forces defending Savannah, Georgia. -
British Capture of Charles Town
The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory, fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
When British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington’s American force and its French allies at the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, it was more than just a military win. The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence.
