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The Battle of Lexington and Concord marked the outbreak conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britian and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. 700 British troops were given secret order to capture and destory rebel military supplies.
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2,200 British forces landed on the Charlestown Peninsula then marched to Breed’s Hill. By the end of this with more than 200 killed and more than 800 wounded. More than 100 Americans perished, while more than 300 others were wounded. The British had won the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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The British had invadeded New York with a massive force of 24,000 soldiers and 330 ships manned by 10,000 sailors. General George Washington's new army ended up suffering a humiliating defeat.
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The Continental Army started its charge on the city. Three columns marched through thick snow with Washington leading the middle charge. Despite the large number of Hessians that escaped Trenton, Washington still won a crucial strategic and material victory.
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A militia of sharpshooters from Virginia harassed the British, while other colonist forces aggressively charged into battle with them. Burgoyne lost two men for every one on the American side.
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15,000 British troops under General Sir Henry Clinton evacuate Philadelphia, the former U.S. capital. On June 24, the Continental Congress returned to the city from its temporary quarters at York, Pennsylvania.
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At Valley Forge, there were shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. Washington's men were sick from disease, hunger, and exposure. While the British soldiers ate well.
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Lafayette's hard work with the French government resulted in the success of sending French troops to aid Washington and additional needed supplies
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General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British. The Patriot victory at Yorktown ended fighting in the American colonies.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation.
