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Introduction
The king declared the colony of Massachuseets a rebelion and commanded that Boston's main partiot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock be arrested for treason. -
Lexington and Concord: Outbreak of the Revolutionary War
The night before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the steeple of this Boston church blowed with the light of two lanterns. The lights were a signal to the patriots that British tropps, known as "recoats", were coming to search for weapons. No on knows who fired the first shot, but when it was over eight minutemen died. By the time the battle of Lexington and Concord was over 250 British soldiers and 90 Americans had been kiilled or wounded. -
Second Continental Congress Begins
While the Second Continental Congress was just getting underway here at the statehouse in Philadelphia, the war spread as American fighters in the colony of New York captured Fort Ticonderoga. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was the second and the bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary War. The battle continued until the militiamen ran out of gunpower. British still managed to win the bloody battle of Bunker Hill. -
Washington takes Command in Boston
AMerican troops invaded British Canada but were defeated when they tried to capture the city of Quebec. Realizing their position was hopeless, the British dumped their own cannons into the harbor and sailed off to the safety of Canada. -
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War in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Began when British soldiers and hired German troops called Hessians assembled to attack New York City. The next summer, a huge enemy force invaded New York from Canada. At the same time a second British force attacked from the opposite irection anddefeated Washington's Army in Pennsylvania in a Battle at Brandywine Creek. -
The Declartation of Independence
Thomas Jefferson and other members of a special congressional committee were busy at working writing the Declaration of Independence, America's most famous historical document. They wrote that all mena are born with certain god-given rights and are created equal. -
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Encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Two months after the fighting at Saratoga, Washington began to set up his winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, about a day's ride from Philadelphia. German officer named Baron Von Stueben drilled and trained the American troops nti lthey became a much more disciplinedanddetermined fighting force. -
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The Campaign in the Southern States
The British under took a major military campagin in the southern state where a lot of people were against independence. The king's force seized Savannah, Georgia and soon took control of the whole state. United States suffered a string of bitter defeats in the south. But eventually they started to win again. -
Yorktown, Virginia: The Last Battle of the Revolutionary War
A French fleet had abttled the ships soming to help the enemy's army and hadforced them to turn back. This meant the British were trapped and outnumbered. October 19, 1781 the shooting stopped and they surrendered. The war didnot officially enduntil 1783.
