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Boston Massacre
The single event leading up to the revolutionary war. An angry mob of colonists was upset with the British. Things got so out of control the British soldies killed 5 colonists. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Winning Ticonderoga from the British meant we had gained control over the invasion route from Canada -
Lexington and Concord
General Gage wanted the stockpile of weapons from the colonists. So Paul Revere and William Dawes warned the colonists to hide the weapons. Both were captured, but had managed to do there job. -
2rd Continental Congress
It was created the continetal army and wrote the olive branch petition which wanted a peacefull resolution with Great Brittain. -
Bunker Hill
The Americans lost but had shown that they could stand up for themselves against the British. -
Canada Invasion
The Invasion of Canada in 1775 was the first major military battle by the newly formed Continental Army durig the American Revolutionary War. -
Nassau
The Battle of Nassau March 3–4, 1776, was on water near the Bahamas. The Americans won. -
Dorchester Heights
John Thomas brought 2000 cannons to George Washington and helped the colonists win the battle. -
Long Island
The Battle of Long Island was fought on August 27, 1776 and was the first major battle in the Revolutionary War following the Declaration of Independence, the largest battle of the entire war, and the first battle in which the U.S. having declared itself a nation only the month before. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton started place on December 26, 1776, during the Revolutionary War, after George Washington crossed the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. -
The 2rd Battle of Ticonderoga
In 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, were the french were surrounded by the colonists. -
The Battles of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratog decided what would happen British General John Burgoyne's army in the Revolutionary War and was regarded as a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, 9 miles south of Saratoga, New York. -
The Battle of Charleston
The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the Revolutionary War, after the British began to change their focus towards the Southern Colonies. After about six weeks of fighting, Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered forces numbering about 5,000 to the British. -
The Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a battle between the Patriot and Loyalist in the Southern campaign of the Revolutionary War. The battle took place on October 7, 1780, nine miles south of town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina in York County, South Carolina, where the Patriots defeated the Loyalists commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson. -
The Battle of Yorktown
Onn August 1781, George Washington learned that General Lord Charles Cornwallis' army was near Yorktown, VA. Washington decided to move his soldiers from New York with the goal of breaking up Cornwallis' forces. On August 21, the Franco-American army began marching south.
