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Fighting Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere and others announced that 700 british troops were headed for concord. The "red coats" reached Lexington on April 19, 70 minuteman were reaching the entrance. The british commander ordered them to lay down and leave, the colonist began to move out without laying down their arms. someone shot at the british so the british shot back. the colonist lost in 15 minutes because they were unprepared. -
Bunker Hill
British general Thomas Gage decided to strike at militiamen on the breed's hill. He sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill. The colonists held their fire and began to mow down the redcoats before retreating. After the battle the colonists only lost 450 men while the British lost over 1,000. This battle was the deadliest one of the war. -
New York
As a plan to stop the rebellion by isolating New England, the British quickly attempted to seize New York City. The British sailed into New York harbor in the summer of 1776 with a force of about 32,000 soldiers. They included thousands of mercenaries, or hired soldiers known as Hessians because many of them came for the German region of Hesse. The continental Army tried to defend New York in late August but retreated soon due to them being poorly equipped and not trained. -
Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle that took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. The victory set the stage for another success at Princeton a week later and boosted the morale of the American troops. -
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Philadelphia
The Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778) was a British effort in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress. Regardless, the defeat at the Battle of Brandywine led to the eventual capture of the continental capitol at Philadelphia by the British army on September 26, 1777. -
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Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.The opposing armies came face to face on September 19 on the abandoned farm of Loyalist John Freeman near Saratoga, New York. Known as the Battle of Freeman’s Farm or the First Battle of Saratoga, the fighting lasted for several hours. -
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Valley Forge
Washington and his continental were low on food and supplies and fought to stay alive in a winter camp at valley forge, philadelphia. More than 2,000 soldiers died. Their endurance and suffering filled Washington's letters to the congress and his friends. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. The 1783 Treaty was one of a series of treaties signed at Paris in 1783 that also established peace between Great Britain and the allied nations of France, Spain, and the Netherlands. it was important because it ended the war.