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British attack apon colonist (militia) who were stationed on top of Breed's Hill. The British Won. -
A statement adopted by the Continental Congress announced that the thirteen American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Spurred on by the win at Trenton, Washington moves his men toward Princeton, New Jersey. Lord Cornwallis has marched his troops toward Trenton in hopes of attacking the rebels and leaving Princeton vulnerable. Again in a short battle, Washington defeats the British showing that the American cause is not in vain. These two victories force the British out of New Jersey in what is called the Ten Crucial Days. -
Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
A battle between patriots and loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War resulted in a decisive victory for the Patriots. -
An engagement during the American Revolutionary Was fought near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina. The brilliant American victory over a British force on the northern border of South Carolina that slowed Lord Cornwallis's campaign to invade North Carolina. -
The last major land Battle of the Revolutionary war, and a decisive victory of American/French forces. The American forces were under the command of General George Washington. The French forces were under the command of General Rochambeau. -
The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, and b the king of Great Britain on April 9, 1784, formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America, which had rebelled against British rule.