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Prescott rode out spread word that 700 British troops were headed for Concord. The darkened countryside rang with chirch bells and gunshots
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The British marched on to Concord, where they found an empty arsenal.
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The colonist had lost 450 men, while the british had suffered over 1,000 casualties. The misnamed Battle Hill would prove to be the deadliest battle of the war.
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The British sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000.
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They marched to different states including Trenton and defeated a garrison of Hessians in a surprise attack.
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In complex scheme, General john Burgoyne planned to lead an army down a route of lakes from Canada to Albany.
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More than 2,000 soldiers died, yet the survivors didn't desert. Their endurance and suffering filled Washington's letters to the Congress and his friends.
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Arrived to offer their help. Lafayette lobbied France for french reinforcements in 1779, and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war
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When men marched off to fight , many wives stepped into their husbands shoes, managing farms and businesses as well as households and families
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Cornwallis planned to fortify Yorktown, take Virginia, and then move to join Clinton's forces.
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The delegates signed the Treaty of Paris which confirmed U.S independence and set the boundaries of the new nation.
