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Battle at Lexington and Concord
First military installment of the Revolutionary War in which British soldiers tried (and failed) to capture hidden arms of the Patriots -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Published in order to persuade colonists to fight against Great Britain -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson, declared the colonies as 13 sovereign states, to be known as The United States of America -
Battle of Long Island
Howe defeated the American Rebels and forced them back to Manhattan Island -
Winter at Valley Forge
Washington saught quarters for his men for the winter of 1776-1777 after the battle of White Marsh. Nearly 3,000 of his soldiers were lost (some to starvation and exposure, others to desertion) -
Washington crossed the Deleware
washington forced the surrender of 1,000 German soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey -
Princeton
Continental army won small victory -
Victory at Saratoga
Patriots forced Burgoyne to surrender after blocking him from Howe's troops with small skirmishes.The turning point of the war. -
British Surrender of Charleston
Henry Clinton beseeched Benjamin Lincoln to surrender to Franco-American forces -
Battle of Yorktown
Washington and the compte de Rochambeau defeated Cornwallis in the last major land battle of the Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Paris 1783
Ended the American Revolutionary War. Signed by leaders of Great Britain and United States -
Treaty of Versailles (peace of Paris)
Agreement that the French rule over the West Indes and Spain owns Florida -
Shay's Rebellion
Daniel Shays led a rebellion due to perceived economic terrorism (angered by the fact that the government could not repay him for his services) -
Ratification of the Constitution
Constitution was ratified in the majority of the 13 states by the end of 1789 due to the addition of a Bill Of Rights.
