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Lexington and Concord - Spark
Lexington and concordBrittish soilders that were positioned in Boston were sent to Lexington to capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, and to Concord to capture gunpowder. Minute men were informed of this plan and meet them in the feilds of Lexington. The first fire was shot and the battle have begun, not knowing who struck the first blow. #Shot heard around the world -
Battle of Bunker HIll - First
Bunker HillUnder the leadership Artemas Ward their orignal orders to go to Bunker Hill but instead set up in Breeds Hill. The following morning General William Howe saw this set up and attacked first by charging up the hill, wich wasn't the best move. They fired onto the americans with two faliures on charging. By the third time they scuessfuly took the hill due to the lack of ammunition the American soilders had. #First Timers -
Valley Forge- Low point
Valley ForgeAfter a long loosing streak that the patriots were experincing both sides decided to stop fighting through the harsh winter. Moral was extremly low because of this along with the lack of supplies and the cold weather, #Cold. The reason it was such a low point is that when you've been loosing consicutive battles and come to a stop in a cold, harsh winter you're pretty upset, cold and sad. -
Battle of Saratoga- Turning point #New Friends
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The brittish were surronded on farm and the only hope was to wait for renforcments. After the outnumbering them they surrendered 10 days after retreat from Bemis in wich they were suprised of the win after a long loosing time. Afterwards french felt comfortable to help join the american side on this war . #Win! -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation Fail The articles of confederation was an effort that the United States made ad their first written consitution. The final draft was written in 1777 but several copies have been made from 1775. After the ofical draft was written it wasn't until 1781 when it was offically put into effect. The country grew slowly but in 1786 the powers given to give congress to tax have failed and next year closed it -
Yorktown-Last
Yorktown Video
Combining forces with the French's naval forces they blocked cornwallis' escape from Yorktown and completly encircled them.After three weeks of bombardment cornwallis surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris- Resolution #Peace
Treaty of Paris- 1783
The Treaty of Paris was a nearly 17 month negotiation between America and Brittan that ended the war and reconized American independence. After this compromise it took the Contential Congress another month to ratifiy the treaty
