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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Began with Paul Revere's anxious warnings for Gage's army's arrival on the previous night, the first shot of the American Revolutionary war was fired on this significant day, and it's also know as the "Gun shot heard around the world". There are injuries in both the British army and the conony militia. -
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Second Continental Congress
This event was held in Philadelphia, and it was a great reunion for the Patriots due to their later formation of the Continental Army, which was chartered by General George Washington. Nevertheless, as soon as the congress started, it had been attacked by 3000 troops. -
Lord Dunmore's Proclaimation
This proclaimation was issued by the current governor of Virginia for purposes of gaining troops into the British army and cause internal disasters for the colonies.The procedure was to give the sounthern slaves "mental freedom" and encouraging them to join the British army, in which the colonies then suffered starvation and increased mortality rate. As result, 300 slaves participated the recruitment and half of them were women and children. -
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
A unicameral legislature was created to obtain absolute power of the state. -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
This event is by far the most significant event of all due to its cutural, political, and ethical importance to the Americans. It was written by Thomas Jefferson with an intention to justify the independence of the 13 colonies, so the brand new nation in the world is called the "United States of America". -
Battle of Long Island
This is the first significant war fought between the new Continental army and the British army with their newly hired German troops. 32000 British troops were employed outside of New York City and they forced Washington's army to move south and end up in Delaware. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the wars due to the amiable alliance of the French armies. This event diminished potential British threat around the Hudson River area and caused the surrender of General Burgoyne. -
Baron Von Steuben
By this time, Baron von Steuben, a former Prussian military officer, was finally in charge of the Continental army and trained its troops into professional troops. -
Valley Forge
General Washington demanded his troops to spend the winter in valley forge; however, 1000 troops starved and 3000 were dead. -
Trade Alliance
The French and the Americans both signed this document to secretly unify againsting the British. -
French-American Alliance
Both the French and the Americans agreed on the Trade Alliance and started working together. The French gained territory in North America while the Americans gained adequate military aid from the French army. -
Philipsburg Proclaimation
This proclaimation was quite identical to Lord Dunmore's Proclaimation, the only difference was that it attracted 100 times more slaves to feed the British army. -
Spanish participation
The Spanish participated the war in order to gain Florida back. -
Battle of Yorktown
British genenral Cornwalis was surrounded in all directions by both the Americans and the French in Yorktown, thus he surrendered under such pressure. -
Lord North
Lord North was assigned a s the new British prime minister in 1782. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
On this day in Paris, France, both American and British signed this treaty to negotiate and end the revolutionary war. The American independence was officially recognized by all nations. -
Shays' Rebellion
One of America's most significant farmers' rebellion leaded by Daniel Shays of Massachusetts againsting overwhelming taxation legislatures. -
The Virginia Plan
A schematic plan revised by James Madison that suggest the nation should be charged by more knowledgeable people. -
The American Constitution
Elevated the concept of Republicanism and supported Popular Sovereignty, this document turned the US into a confederation with less central power and more state governmental power. -
Ratification of the Constitution
The ratification was done by 11 states and new constitutional branches were introduced, they are the Legislative, Judicial, and the Executive branches.The ratfication started with North Carolina and ended with Rhode Island in 1790.
