Revolutionary war

By mchenrykali
  • Dec 26, 1176

    Crossing of the Delaware

    A surprise military maneuver by General George Washington and the Continental Army on Christmas night, crossing the icy Delaware River to launch an attack on Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey.

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    The urgent horseback alert on the night to warn the colonial militias in Lexington and Concord of the impending approach of British forces.

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The first major military actions between the British Army and Patriot militias from British America's Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    A major thing in the revolutionary war. Fought for the high ground from the British. The British army and colonial militias from New England.

  • Creation of Declaration of Independence

    when the Second Continental Congress appointed a five-member committee, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, to draft it. Jefferson wrote the initial draft, which was then reviewed and revised by the committee before being presented to Congress.

  • Thomas Paine's writing of "The American Crisis"

    a series of essays, "The American Crisis" to bolster morale among American soldiers and renew hope in the American cause.

  • Battle of Trenton

    A small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle in the morning. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River North of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian auxiliaries garrisoned at Trenton.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Two battles between the American Continental Army and the British Army fought near Saratoga.

  • The Winter at Valley Forge

    1777-1778 Winter encampment of George Washington's Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Was the final major land engagement of the American Revolutionary War

  • Treaty of Paris

    Signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States which officially ended the War of American Independence and recognized the Thirteen Colonies. To be free, sovereign and independent states.

  • The battle of Philadelphia

    A confederate victory during the American Civil War in Tennessee. Fought to try and win over Philadelphia. British General William Howe failed to draw the Continental Army under George Washington into a battle in New Jersey.