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Paul Revere rides to warn the colonist that the british are coming.
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Paul Revere makes his ride to warn the colonist that the british are coming.
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The actual fight starts and the first shot is shot.
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The green mountain boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the british
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Major battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
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The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy.
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The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga.
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The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.
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Treaty that officially ended the war.