-
Period: to
american revolution timeline project
-
battle of lexiton and concord
The actual fighting starts with the first "shot heard around the world". The Americans win as the British retreat -
capture of fort ticonderoga
- The Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British
-
secound continetal congress meets
The Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia and remains in session throughout the war. -
battle of bunker hill
On the morning of June 17, 1775, the British General Howe woke with all his ships perfectly positioned on the water. He prepared his troops, and they began the trudge up Bunker Hill. When there was not a person in sight on Bunker Hill, so they proceeded to Breeds Hill."Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" The American general said -
american defeat at Quebec
The Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille de Québec) was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. General Richard Montgomery was killed, Benedict Arnold was wounded, and Daniel Morgan and more than 400 men were taken prisoner. The city's garrison, a motley assortment of regular troops and mil