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Lexington Concord
Boston, Massachusetts.
During the hours of April 19, 1775, he would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations was Lexington, where they would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then Concord, where they would seize gunpowder.
Two lanterns hanging from Boston's North Church informed the countryside that the British were going to attack by sea. A series of horseback riderssuch as Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott. -
Bunlear Hill
British troops of the Boston garrison against troops of the American Continental Army.
2,400 British troops against 1,500 Americans. -
Trenton
Americans against Hessians and British troops.
2,400 American troops with 18 guns. 1,400 Hessians with 6 light guns. -
Priceton New Jersey
Americans against the British.
7,000 Americans against 8,000 British and Hessians although only 1,200 British troops were principally engaged. -
Treaty of Paris
The fighting was over. Now the British and the British Americans could enjoy the fruits of victory. The terms of the Treaty of Paris were harsh to losing France. All French territory on the mainland of North America was lost. The British received Quebec and the Ohio Valley. The port of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi were ceded to Spain for their efforts as a British ally. -
Winter at Vally Forge
In the fall of 1777, General George Washington's Continental Army moved south from New Jersey to defend the capital of Philadelphia from the advancing forces of General William Howe. Clashing at Brandywine on September 11, Washington was decisively defeated, leading the Continental Congress to flee the city. Fifteen days later, after outmaneuvering Washington, Howe entered Philadelphia unopposed. Seeking to regain the initiative, Washington struck at Germantown on October 4, but was again defeat -
Yorktown
In the fall of 1781, General George Washington, with allied American and French forces, besieged General Charles Lord Cornwallis’s British army. On October 19, Cornwallis surrendered, effectively ending the war and ensuring independence.
