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Second continental congress meets
Peyton Rudolph, Charles Thomson, Benjamin Fraklin, Thomas Jefferson, Shortly after the fighting of the American Revolution commenced, the Second Continental Congress convened to formally manage affairs on the home front. -
Battle Of Lexington and Concord
Americans won, General Gage, Lieuntant colonel francis smith. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were actually the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
George Washington named comander in chief
As Commander-in-Chief, Washington was a daring leader. He used the element of surprise to win American victories. One of the most memorable surprise movements was when he led his troops across the Delaware River and attacked the unsuspecting Hessian troops at Trenton, New Jersey in 1776. 3 attacked Hessians. -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
British won, General Aruthur St. Clark..Located on Lake Champlain in northeastern New York, Fort Ticonderoga served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War. -
American Defeat at quebec
British won, First major defeat of the war, American General Montgomery -
British evacuate Boston
On this day in 1776, British forces are forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington's successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooks the city from the south. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British won, Lieutenent j. walker.Immediately thereafter, the colonists commenced a siege of the town of Boston, where the British troops were quartered. For nearly the first two months of the siege, there were only minor skirmishes between the two forces as the British soldiers were confined within Boston. -
Declaration of Independence Issued
Abraham Lincoln, Richard Henry Lee!! During the revolution, the Declaration of Independence served solely as a motivational document for the revolutionaries. King George III dismissed it, and it carried no political clout. The signitaries did risk their lives by signing it, and therefore the Declaration lifted moral, or at least the incentive to overthrow British rule.It was a line drawn in the sand. -
Battle of long Island
British Won, Jabez fitch, Diary entries from battle of L. Island..!! Major General Lord Howe and General George Washington
Size of the armies engaged: 20,000 British and Hessian Troops and around 10,000 Americans. -
Battle of Trenton
Americans Won.Washington Army slipped back to philly. The British 16th Light Dragoons wore red coats and leather crested helmets. The German infantry wore blue coats and retained the Prussian style grenadier mitre with brass front plate. The Americans dressed as best they could. Increasingly as the war progressed regular infantry regiments of the Continental Army wore blue uniform coats but the militia continued in rough clothing. Both sides were armed with muskets and guns. The Pennsylvania reg -
Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge was in Pennsylvania, Also it was in the site of a Military Camp; The camp was 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Starvation, Disease, And exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by Febuary 1778. -
Battle of Brandywine
The British won, General George Washington, Major General George Clinton. The one-day battle at Brandywine cost the Americans more than 1,100 men killed or captured while the British lost approximately 600 men killed or injured. -
British occupy Philadelphia
The philadelphia campaign was a british intiative in the American r.w. to gain control of philly. -
Battle Of Saratoga
Americans won, General John Burgoynes, George Washington, Successfully won by going on the offensive. The British force comprised some 5,000 British, Brunswickers, Canadians and Indians. By the time of the surrender the American force was around 12,000 to 14,000 militia and troops. -
Articles of confederation adopted
Pennsylvania after 16 months of debate agrees to adopt articles of confederation -
Alliance with France
The Treaty of Alliance with France was signed on February 6, 1778, creating a military alliance between the United States and France against Great Britain.France nor the United States agree to a separate peace with Great Britain, and that American independence be a condition of any future peace agreement. -
Fall of Savannah
The Battle of Savannah was fought September 16 to October 18, 1779, during the American Revolution (1775-1783).Major General Sir Henry Clinton, On this day in 1778, British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell and his force of between 2500 and 3600 troops, which included the 71st Highland regiment, New York Loyalists, and Hessian mercenaries, launch a surprise attack on American forces defending Savannah, Georgia. -
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Nether British nor the Americans won the Battle of Monmouth It is considered to have been a draw when neither side could overrun the other actually historians call it a tie, The forces of George Washington and Sir Henry Clinton fought a draw. With the French entry into the American Revolution in February 1778, British strategy in America began to shift. Having captured the rebel capital of Philadelphia in 1777, the British decided to abandon the city the following spring to focus on protecting t -
Spain enters the war
Spain actively supported the Thirteen Colonies throughout the American Revolutionary War, viewed the Revolution as an opportunity to weaken the British Empire, which had caused Spain substantial losses during the Seven Years' War. -
British Occupy New York City
General Howe, Anniversary of the capture of quebec. -
Siege of Charleston
The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards the American Southern Colonies. After about six weeks of siege, Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered forces numbering about 5,000 to the British.
