american revolution

  • Pilgrims establish colony in massachusetts

    Pilgrims establish colony in massachusetts

    The pilgrims leave Europe and move to the new world to start a new life.
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    5 colonists die to British fire, in Boston.
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    colonists dump British tea out of tea import ships in Boston harbor.
  • first continental congress

    first continental congress

    the first meeting amongst the colonies.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    Battles fought between the British and the colonists.
  • the second continental congress

    the second continental congress

    the second meeting amongst colonists in Philadelphia.
  • common sense was published

    common sense was published

    Thomas Paine's book common sense was published.
  • battle of Trenton

    battle of Trenton

    A small battle between colonists and the British in Trenton, New Jersey.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    The battle of Saratoga was part of the saratoga campaign and was won by the colonists
  • Winter at valley forge

    Winter at valley forge

    The colonists had been led to Philadelphia during December. when they arrived they were freezing starving and exhausted.
  • frranco-american allience

    frranco-american allience

    an alliance between the French and Americans during the American war.
  • seige of Yorktown

    seige of Yorktown

    George Washington sent artillery and rushed Yorktown and caused Cornwallis to surrender.