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Concord
In Boston the colonist were watching , in the darkened country side rang with gunshots and church bells which were arranged before hand as signals sent from town to town so they can know that the british was coming -
Lexington
The king troops reached Lexington Massachusetts. When they heard the town they saw the 70 minuteman drawn up lines on the village. Eight minuteman were killed and ten more were wounded , but only one british soldier was injured. The battle of Lexington , the first battle of the revolutionary war lasted only 15 mins. -
Bunker Hill
british general Thomas gage sent 2,400 british soldiers up the hill , colonists held their fire until the last minute and then they began to mow down the advancing red coats before treating. The colonists had lost over 450 men. The british suffered over 1,000 casualties. -
New York
British forces under general William howe defeat patriot forces under general george washington at the battle of brooklyn. At the battle of Brooklyn , the americans suffered 1,600 casualties to the british loss of only 400 men. -
Trenton
Washington's forces had defeated a regular army in the field , the victory sharply increased. -
Saratoga
General John Burgoyne planned to lead an army down canada to albany , where he would meet the british troops as they came to new york city. Burgoyne did not have the fellow british officers because they were preoccupied in philadelphia. -
Philadelphia
The British had captured Philadelphia for following the general George washington's defeats at the battle of brandywine and the battle of the clouds. -
Saratoga
the soldiers couldn't meet the the american troops and then finally surrounded Burgoyne at saratoga where he surrendered on October 17, 1777 -
Valley Forge
This event took place in Paris , Washington and Burgoyne and his continental army , low on food and supplies and fought to stay alive at winter camp in the valley forge, More than 2,000 soldiers died but yet the survivors didn't desert. -
Yorktown
Armies of lafayette and washington moved south toward yorktown , Meanwhile a french naval force defeated a british fleet and then blocked the entrance to the Chesapeake bay , thereby obstructing british sea routes to the bay. -
Treaty Of Paris
The American Revolutionary war ended and the british acknowledged the independence of the United States. The colonial empire of great britain was destroyed in North America U.S boundries established.