Declaration of Independence

By Victoria Catanzarite

  • Second Continential Congress begins meeting

    After the First Continential Congresss the delegates agreed to meet again to plan further responses if the British government had not repealed

  • Common Sense

    Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense", which was the start to DOI.

  • British retreat from Boston

    THe colonists surrounded the British outsode of Boston and pointed cannons at the British, causing them to surrender and retreat.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Congress signs a document that declares their freedom.

  • Battle of Long Island

    The Continental ar\my, under order by George Washingotn, was defeated.

  • American Crisis

    American Crisis is a collection of writings by Thomas Paine.

  • Battle of Trenton

    The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War

  • Battle of Saratoga

    It was the climax of the Saratoga campaign,

  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge was the military camp in southeastern Pennsylvania. American Continential Army spent a winter here.