Key Events of Revolutionary War and Declaration of Independence

By Kimmie

  • John Locke(Social Contract and Natural Rights)

    The social contract is where the poeple have rights with the government then that helps the government have their power. Then the natural rights are the rights that we are born with is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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    French and English Enlightenment

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    George Washington

    General appointed to lead the American army and because the first president.
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    Thomas Jefferson

  • Second Continental Congress

    Took place because it was were the colonies came together and said they wanted their independence, so they were prepared to fight.

  • Bunker Hill

    Was an important battle because it told the colonies that it isn’t going to be easy to win but that they need to try hard because they lost this battle to the British.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    This was the final attempt by the colonies to have Britain agree to have peace between them and the colonies to try and avoid war.

  • Declaration of Independence

    This is where the colonies finally declared their independence from Britain and their ruling.

  • Trenton

    Where the American colonies won because the opposite side wasn’t prepared and they were tired.
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    Valley Forge

  • Princeton

    This was another victory for the American army and it gave them hope to keep fighting and battling against Britain.
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    Battle of Saratoga

    Another victory for the Americans against the British and this is where the French were persuaded into helping the colonies.

  • France: Treaty of Amity and Commerce, Treaty of Alliance

    The treaty of amity and commerce was where France recognized that the colonies were their own nation and it made trade with the colonies as well. The treaty of alliance was where France agreed to be in alliance with the colonies.

  • Spain

  • Cowpens

  • Yorktown

    The British were defeated by the American army because they were trapped by them so the British surrendered.

  • Treaty of Paris of 1783

    It established the colonies as an independent nation and ended all tensions with the colonies and Great Britain.