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First Continental Congress
The first continental meeting was held in Capentar's Hall, Philadelphia. At the time colonists were suffering "taxation without representation" -
Lexington And Concord
The Boston Church glowed with the light of two lanterns, signaling that the Redcoats were coming to search for weapons in Concord, by secretly crossing the charles river. Minutemen comfronted the Redcoats, Someone fired the first5 shot , and when it was over eight minutemen were dead. -
the second continental congress begins
Representaives from the 13 colonies formed the second continental congress that would serve as the emergency government throughout the war. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
This was the second and most bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary War. It started when the Americans occupied Breeds Hill to protect the shipyard of nearby Boston. The next day the British attacked. The Americans fought back and the British took heavy losses. The the Americans were quickly out of gunpowder, so they quickly retreated. So their leader, Colonel William Prescott, toldd them "Don't fire untill you see the whites of their eyes". -
Washington takes comand in Boston
A month after the American defeat in Bunker Hill, General Washington took comand of the militias around Boston. His plan was to drive the redcoats from the city if Britain refused to accept America's offer of peace -
Cannons in Boston pointed dirctly at enemy
When George Washington learned that the King declared war on all the colonies, Washington went into action. He gave his troops orders to have many cannons brought from far-off Fort Ticonderoga. The only way he could do that was to wait for snow in order to drag the heavy cannons on sleds to Boston. By March, the cannons were ready and were pointed directly toward the enemy. Realizing that they had been trapped and outsmarted, the British dumped their own cannons into the harbor and sailed off. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was presented to Congress. It was quiet as men stepped foward to sign their names to the document. It was written by Thomas Jefferson. James Hancock signed the largest so that the King could read it without his reading glasses. -
Crossing the Delaware river
Washingtopn and his men crossed the Delaware River to give a surprise attacj on the British. Washington had thought out that since it would be Christmas night, all the British soilders would be drunck and would not be able to fight, so by sneaking on them they would surley win. WHich they did, they won the Trenton Battle -
Battle of Chesapeake Bay
A large force of British troops went to Chesapeake Bay to fight the rest of the Revolutionary War -
British Surrender
French Ships turned around because they were shot at and the British had to surrender because they were trapped and outnumbered.
