american revolution timeline by: christian wright

  • battle of lexington and concord

    battle of lexington and concord
    it was the frist engaement of the revolutionary war and the brittish won lexington and patriots won at concord
  • capture of fort ticonderoga

    it was intertwined with the green mountain boys
  • second continetal congress meets

    made up of the 13 colonies
  • geogre washington named commander in cheif

    it was at the second continetal congress
  • battle of bunker hill

    battle of bunker hill
    it was mostly on and around breed's hill
  • american defeat at quebec

    first major defeat for the americans
  • brittish evacuate boston

    they were forced to move due to an attack by the patriots
  • declaration of independenc issued

    it declared independence for the 13 colonies when at battle with the brittish
  • battle of long island

    major victory for the brittish and start of a very sucessful brittish campaing
  • british occupy new york city

    british occupy new york city
    they were preparing and brought 150 ship to occupy new york
  • battle of trenton

    it inspired people to reenlist
  • battle of monmouth court house

    battle of monmouth court house
    the continetal army attacked the brittish are as they left the monmouth in the court house
  • battle of brandy wine

    brittish beat america and forced them to give away the capital of pennsylvania
  • battle of saratoga

    battle of saratoga
    12th battle fought 18 days apart on the same ground and regaurded as a turing point of the war
  • brittish occupy philiadelphia

    congress retreats to york pennsilvania
  • articles of confederation adopted

    first constituional port u.s. agreements with 13
  • winter at valley forge

    winter at valley forge
    milatary camp in P.A. nearly 2500 died
  • alliance with france

    alliance with france
    milatary advance between france and U.S. aganist great brittan
  • fall of savanah

    fall of savanah
    was aheny port by the brottish hit it was a base were they could enter the colonies
  • spain enters the war

    spain enters the war
    spain delcares war against greant brittan
  • sieg of charleston

    sieg of charleston
    major battle toward the american revolutionary war
  • benidict arnold's treason discovered

    accepted higher money and offered a high position in the brittish army
  • french and brittish battle in chesapeake bay

    french defeated brittish french and americas out come f the war
  • sige of york town

    last major war of the american revolitionary war
  • cornwallis surrenders

    he surrenderd a bunch of people to the french and american froces