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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
British Win, Gen. John burgoyne, Gen. Barry St. Leger
it occured during the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress meets
Ben Franklin, John Hancock, it convened after the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British Win, William Prescott, more than 1,000 dead and wounded,
The british ahd learned that defeating the americans on the battle filed be quick or easy. -
American defeat Quebec
British Win, Gen. Benedict Arnold, Gen Montgomery, about 50 killed
34 wounded and 431 captured. -
British evacuate Boston
Gen. Washington, Gen. John Thomas.
British General Sir William Howe hoped to use the British ships in Boston Harbor to destroy the American position, but a storm set in, giving the Americans ample time to complete the fortifications and set up their artillery. Realizing their position was now indefensible, 11,000 British troops and some 1,000 Loyalists departed Boston by ship on March 17, sailing to the safety of Halifax, Nova Scotia. -
Declaration of Independence issued
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence--written largely by Jefferson--in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. -
British Occupy New York City
British Win, George Washington, -
Battle of Long Island
British win, G.Washington, Nathan Hale, Washington retreated to Manhattan. -
Battle of Trenton
Americans win, Cornwallis, G. Washington, George Washington marched to Princeton, where they drove away the british,
One british Soldier wrote "A few days ago the americans had given up the cause for lost. Their late successes have turned the scale and how they are all liberty mad again." -
Battle of Brandywine
G. Washington and Gen. Charles Cornwallis
Although the Americans were able to slow the advancing British, they were soon faced with the possibility of being surrounded.The one-day battle at Brandywine cost the Americans more than 1,100 men killed or captured while the British lost approximately 600 men killed or injured. To make matters worse, the Patriots were also forced to abandon most of their cannon to the British victors after their artillery horses fell in battle. -
Battle of Saratoga
Americans win, General. Burgoyne, Barry St. Leger, Gen. Horatio Gates, American troops blocked St.Legers path to the south. -
Articles of Confederation adopted
Between 1776 and 1789, Americans went from living under a sovereign king, to living in sovereign states, to becoming a sovereign people. That transformation defined the American Revolution. -
British Occupy Philadelphia
British win, Howe, G. Washington, howe planned to take Philadelphia (THE AMERICAN CAPITAL) -
Winter at Valley Forge
George Washington, The winter at Valley Forge might have signaled the end of the American Revolution. -
Alliance with France
Ben Franklin,he Treaty of Alliance required that neither France nor the United States agree to a separate peace with Great Britain, and that American independence be a condition of any future peace agreement. -
Battle of Monmouth Court House
British win,This American victory and Cornwallis' surrender of his troops to George Washington was the final major conflict of the American Revolution. -
Fall of Savannah
British win, General Robert Howe
French and American forces held Savannah under siege from September 23 to October 18, 1779, but failed to reclaim the city. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Americans Win, General Gage, Paul Revere, Battle that starts Revolution. -
Spain enters the war
Spain wins, Bernardo de Galez, Galvez's campaign through hundereds of miles of wilderness diverted british troops from other fronts. -
Benedict Arnold's treason discovered
John Andre ,during the American Revolution -
Siege of Charleston
Ben Licoln, took place towrads the end of the American Revolution. -
French and British battle in Chesapeake Bay
Comte de Grasse, When the french were able to achieve temporary control of the sea lanes against the british, the result was the reinforcement of the rebel army with siege artillery and French Troops all of which proved decisive in the siege of yourktown, effectively securing American Independence. -
Siege of Yorktown
Americans win, G. Washington, De Grasse, Gen. Clinton and the rest of the British army waited in New York, unable to help Cornwallis. -
Cornwallis surrenders
Americans Win, Thomas Jefferson, G. Washington, the battle for control of the south was entering its final phase. -
Cornwallis surrenders
Americans Win, Thomas Jefferson, G. Washington, the battle for control of the south was entering its final phase. -
George Washington named Commander-in-chief
Americans overwhelmingly elected Washington their first president in 1789.
