Project timeline

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    This event was the major turning point between the armies. This event stopped people from fighting politically to being armed with guns and shooting each other.
  • Paul Revere’s Ride

    Paul Revere’s Ride

    Paul's wearing helped prepare the British army, without Paul's wearing the British would've lost the war ahead of time.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    The French and the British, after the British won it boosted their confidence and their morale. The importance of this war was for independence.
  • Creation of the Declaration of Independence

    Creation of the Declaration of Independence

    This event created the 13 colonies to depart from Great Britain. The Americans fought for dependence and became successful
  • Battles of Saratoga

    Battles of Saratoga

    This victory for the Americans is what inspired the French to join them in their army. Proving they would make greater allies.
  • Thomas Paine’s writing of “The American Crisis”

    Thomas Paine’s writing of “The American Crisis”

    Thomas's writing is about the Americans desperate want of becoming independent. Stating "The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph for freedom"
  • Crossing of the Delaware River

    Crossing of the Delaware River

    This river crossing helped the Americans go to the Battle of Trenton and also the Battle of Princeton.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton

    This battle secured as a victory for the Americans, they boosted morale, and needed supplies, and also extra soldiers.
  • The Winter at Valley Forge

    The Winter at Valley Forge

    This battle started the transformation of both of the armies. Led by George Washington a young general was confused and many people starved and died resulting in his loss in June 1778.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    This was the final land battle of the American Revolution leading to the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    This event ended the revolutionary war. This sustained America as its own independent country away from Great Britain.
  • The Battle of Philadelphia

    The Battle of Philadelphia

    The British push to advance to the American capital could have affected the Americans morale and would've prevented the French from making an alliance with the Americans.