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lexington and concord
Aprol 18,1775, 700 british troops left to boston. they were sent to seize the arms and capture important colonial leaders. A signal was sent by the patriots. then Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the night and warned the minutemen. when the British arrived 77 minutemen were waiting. the britsh told them to go home. the minutemen refused. then a shot rang out which was turned out to be the first shot of American Revolution. A bigger battla was happening int concord 400 minutemen fought -
lexington and concord
The British . three died. when thee British headed back to boston about 4000 Americans fired at them from behind trees and fences. when the british reached boston almost 300 of them were killed or wounded -
Fort Ticonderoga
fort Ticonderoga was located at the southern end of LAke Chhamplain. leading the force was Ethan Allen a blacksmith. His followers came from the nearby Green mountains. A force of 83 men. the men came at night and surprised the british when the woke in the early morning.42 British troop guarded the fort. they surrenderd almost immediately. the fort was important because it controlled the main route between canada and the hudson river vally. it also had valuable weapons like cannons -
battle of bunker hilll
the Americans had 10,000 troops surrounding boston. 1,600 of the troops occupied Breed's Hill. FRom the hill they could fire on the BRitish troops. the Americans surrounding boston were farmers and workers not trained soldiers. the Americans waited until the british were only 150 feet away when they opened fire. The frirst and seconed British attacks failed. the third attack succeeded becaus the Americans ran out of ammunition and had to retreat the british won more than 1,000 killed or wounded -
defending the frontier
the man was George Rogers Clark and he was from Virgina. He captured two Mississippi River out posts, kaskaskia and cahokia. clark and his men traveled through icy floodwaters up to their chest. their attack caught the british by surprise. british and the Native Americans surrendered. the victories allowed settkrs to remain on the frontier -
war at sea
the American's navy was bigger. the cannon and musket fire ripped the sails of both ships and blated holes in their wooden sides. jones refused to give up. finally a dozens of sailors dead on each side. the captain of Serapis surrendered. A Privateers were armed civilian shipd that had their governments permission to attack rnrmy ships and keep their goods -
Invasion of Canada
the two men that led the Americans were Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold. in the late 1775s the Americans attacked Quebec during a snow storm. Mntgomery was killed and Arnold was wounded. the Americas stayed in Quebec until may 1776 when british landed new forces in canada -
Declaration of Independence
Ben Franklin said "we must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." Ben means that if they dont all stay togeather that they are better off not working at all. since the Declaration of Independence has become one of the worlds enduring documents. it still inspire the Americans today -
Declaration of Independence
WE celebrate july 4th as Independence day. Bnjamin Franklin said "We must all hang together or most assuredly we shall hang separately. Benjamin Franklin ment that they all must stay together or face what will happen or hanged separately. the Patriots were not fight for fair treatment by Britian. now they were fighting to create a new nation. -
Fight for New York
One of the British advantages was that the Britush had 34,000 well ttrained troops and 10,000 sailors as well as ships to ferry them to ashore. the summer saw series of battles and American retreats. Nathan Hukes was an American legend. he was connecticut officer and volunteered for dangers spy duty. his last words were "i only regreat that i have but one life to lose for my country" -
British withdrawl from bosoton
the colonists were on hills outside of Boston, because the colonists put cannons outside of boston.The British had no control over the city of bosoton -
crossing the delaware
On Christmas night 1776 Washington led 2,400 men across the river. they were so poorly supplied were the troops that some had no shoes. mercenaries are soldiers whoo are paid to fight foe a country other than their own W ashington used a clever trick to escape the soldiers made a camp near trenton and lit campfires the men packed up and quietly with drew -
Valley Forge
the continental army through the cruel winter of 1777-1778 in a hastily built camp. while the british danceed the witner away with parties and balls -
battle of cowpens
the commander was charles cornwallis. they had 800 troops. the Americans and the french lined up in two facing columns and the british marched glumly between the two columns and tossed their weapons into a large pile on the ground -
battle of Yorktown
he wanted to win battles. he moved his main army to the yorktown peninsula a tougue of virginia land poking into chesapeake bay it was a mistake because the french fleet arrived off yorktown and chased off british ships -
Battle of Saratoga
Burgoynes goal was to cut new England off form the rest of the states. his plan didnt work, george ordered howe to move south from new york in a misguieded attemp to attack philadephio 6,00 men ready to figth