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First continental Congress
The first continental Congress met in Philadelphia in September 1774.
They created the Olive Branch Petition to declare their loyalty but to ask for repeal of the Intolerable Acts -
Lexington
That morning there were 70 minute men waiting at lexington massachusets ready to fight that battle. Early Morning April 19th 1775, the British reached the town of Lexington Massachusetts where Captain John Parker As the “Shot Heard Round the World” rang out, the professional British Army overpowered the minutemen as they fled to Concord -
Concord
After lexington the british kept going now onto concord and there they faced hundreds of minute men on the concord bridge. But this time the minute men forced the british to retreat. -
Bunker Hill
The British marched up Bunker Hill to remove the Continental Army. So the Americans were low on gun powder so they were told " don't shoot until you see the whits of their eyes." and then they got even lower on supplies so they had to retreat. But the british lost up to 1000 soilders! -
Common Sense
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." - Common Sense, January 10, 1776
These were some of the words from Thomas pains "Common Sense" -
Decloration Of independence
This document was written by many men of the colony and they wrote it towards the kind of england and it had their greviences of the rules and freedom and other things. -
Battle of new york
The battles shifted to the Middle Colonies.
The British wanted to capture New York City, the center of the Colonial economy. British attacked Washington’s army on Long Island and inflicted heavy casualties
Washington avoided capture and retreated into Pennsylvania.The British will occupy New York City for the rest of the war
Washington is humiliated by the loss of the battle. -
Battle Of Trenton
On Dec 25th 1776 Washington launched a surprise attack crossing the frozen Delaware River.
He captured over 800 Hessian prisoners without losing one man. -
Battle of Princton
January 1777, Washington captures another 300 British soldiers at Princeton New Jersey -
Battle Of Saratoga
American General Horatio Gates surrounded Burgoyne’s remaining forces at Saratoga New York.
Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to the Americans, Saratoga was also a turning point in the war
Benjamin Franklin would help negotiate Treaty of Alliance with France and Spain.... -
Vally Forge
Washington and his men spent the long cold winter of 1777-1778 in Valley Forge Pennsylvania.
The American troops were in desperate need of food and warm clothing..... -
Yorktown
British General Lord Cornwallis moved his troops to Virginia to set up camp and wait for reinforcements.
Washington had over 16,000 American and French soldiers ready to fight. This was also the last battle that ended the revolution battles. -
Treaty Of Paris
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation
United States gained all land east of the Mississippi River from Canada to Florida
U.S. agreed to return all property taken from Loyalist
