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Battles of Lexington and Concord
lexington and concordThe battle of Lexington and concord were the first official battles of the Revolutionary war, they sparked the American revolution into a full fledged war.The first shots in the war were fired at Lexington #shotheardroundtheworld. -
First battle of Bunker Hill
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-bunker-hill' >The battle of Bunker hill was actually fought on breed's hill where bunker hill was adjacent.While the british did win the battle, it was a bittersweet victory because the british had over 800 men wounded and 226 men killed.The battle proved that colonial patriots new what they were doing.#winningisn'teverything -
The Battles of Saratoga
http://www.history.com/topics/histryvideos<a>The battles of saratoga were 18 days apart, the first one was held on september 19th 1777, and the last on october 7th.The first battle was won by the British commander John Burgoyne but it was at great cost, he lost lots of men.John tried to attack again on the 7th but lost the battle. That was a major turning point for the Americans because it made France see that they mean business, Later France joined them as allies.#thetideisturning. -
Articles of confederation
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.htmlThe articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United states and it gave sovereignity to all of the countries and them very independant, they also made so there was no taxes or any of the things that Britain did to the Colonists. The articles were later ratified on march 1 for revisal, after revisal we ended up with the our nation's constitution that we have now.#overcorrection -
vally forge (low point)
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/winter was among George washington and his soldiers, he needed to find somewhere to set up quarters.The soldiers were tired from walking day and night, only 1 in 3 soldiers had shoes and those who didn't, left bloody foot marks behind them, eventually people started to leave, that wasn't what they signed up for. That was a major low point for the U.S. in the American revolution.#newworldproblems -
Yorktown Siege
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/siege-of-yorktown-beginsThe battle of yorktown was the last huge battle in the American revolution.The battle was between the French and American, and the English.The French had men closing in on England from the south and from the sea, and the Americans had the English from the north and west eventually the English had to surrender causing England to finally lose the war.#revolutionswag -
treaty of paris 1783
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=6The treaty of Paris (1783) declared the war between Great Britain and America finished. It also declared America an independant nation and gave America's allies such as France generosities.Benjamin Frankiln, john Jay, and John adams fought for the intersests of America especialy for their ability to expand west.#fightforourrights
