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Marquis de Lafayett
The Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat who joined the American Revolutionary War at his own request, becoming one of America's most successful leaders in combat and General George Washington's most loyal companion. -
lexington
the kings troops,known as "redcoats" because of their uniforms, reached lexington, massachusetts, five miles short of concord, on the cold , windy drawn of april 19.as they neared the town, they saw 70 minutemen drawn up in lines on the village green. -
concord
the british marched on to concord, where they found an empty arsenal. after a brief skirmish with minutemen, the british soldiers lined up to march back to boston, but the march quickly became a slaughter -
bunker hill
cooped up in boston british general thomas gage decided to strike at militiamen on breed's hill, north of the city and near bunker hill. -
new york
the british sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000 soldiers. -
trenton
desperate for an early victory, washington risked everything on one bold stroke ser for christmas night, 1776. in the face of a fierce storm, he led 2400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked delaware river. then they marched to their objective trenton, new jersey. -
valley force
The particularly severe winter of 1777-1778 proved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease. However, the suffering troops were held together by loyalty to the Patriot cause and to General Washington, who stayed with his men. -
saratoga
the surrender at saratoga, where he surrendered on october 17, 1777. the surrender at saratoga turned out to be one of the most important events of the war. although the french had secretly aided the patriots since 1776, the saratoga victory bolstered france's belief that the americans can win the war. -
Valley Forge
The particularly severe winter of 1777-1778 proved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease. However, the suffering troops were held together by loyalty to the Patriot cause and to General Washington, who stayed with his men -
Yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary -
Treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
philadelphia
Philadelphia was the headquarters, if not the official capitol, of the colonies during the American Revolutionary War. This historical city hosted the First Continental Congress, which was held in Carpenter's Hall, before the war, and the Second Continental Congress, which signed the Declaration of Independence
