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declaration of indepence
The declaration of independence was the piece of paper that the colonists wrote to gain independence from great britain. -
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Revolutionary War
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Battle of long island
The Battle of Long Island was fought on August 27, 1776, was a defeat for the Continental Army under General George Washington and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave the British control of the major city of New York. -
Nathan hale
Nathan Hale was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for a spy mission in New York City but was caught by the British and executed -
Battle of white plains
The Battle of White Plains was a military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War. -
across the Delaware
During the American Revolution, Patriot General George Washington crosses the Delaware River with 5,400 troops, hoping to surprise a Hessian force celebrating Christmas at their winter quarters in Trenton, New Jersey. -
The Stars and Stripes
During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that "the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white" and that "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation. -
General Burgoyne
General John Burgoyne was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles. -
Battle of Barren Hill
The Battle of Barren Hill was a minor engagement during the American Revolution. -
battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth was a military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Rhode Island
In August 1788 Rhode Island was the setting for one of the major land battles of the Revolutionary War. The Marquis de Lafayette, in writing of this encounter, termed it "the best fought action of the war." -
Cherry Valley Massacre
During a heavy storm of sleet on November 11, 1778, a band of Indians and Tories—the former led by Brant , and the latter by Walter N. Butler, son of control John Butler—fell upon Cherry Valley, Otsego co., New york and murdered thirty-two of the inhabitants, mostly women and children, with sixteen soldiers of a little garrison there. -
Battle of Stony Point
On May 28th, 1779 Sir Henry Clinton, Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in North America, massed 6,000 troops at Kingsbridge, New York, for an apparent attempt to take strategic West Point,. -
Siege of Savannah
Britain's occupation of Savannah was only the first in a strategy to bring Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia back under great control. It was felt that the large numbers of Loyalists in the South would go to the king's cause. With the South secured, the stubborn Continentals in the North could be more easily tamed. -
Siege of Charleston
Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. -
Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden in South Carolina was a differend kind of victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the proliferation of dysentery among his men, Continental General Horatio Gates chose to engage British General Charles Cornwallis’s force on the morning of August 16, 1780. -
Battle of Kings Mountain
Fought October 7th, 1780, was an important American victory during the Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major patriot victory to happen after the British invasion of Charleston. -
Battle of Jersey
A attempt by French forces to invade Jersey and take away the threat the island posed to French and American shipping in the American War of Independence. -
Battle of Cowpens
a great victory by the Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War over the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. -
Battle of Guilford Court House
A battle fought on March 15, 1781, at a site which is now in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. -
battle of yorktown
The Yorktown Campaign ensured American efforts to win independence from Great Britain would end in success, and elevated General George Washington's notoriety as a result of his role directing the victory. -
the treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
