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Fighting at Lexington and concord
On April 18th 1775, Paul revere and William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode out to spread word that 700 british troops were heading for concord. The british began ringing bells and firing gunshots to alert them they were coming. -
Bunker Hill
General Thomas Gage decided to strike at militiman on breeds hill , north of the city and near bunker hill. Gage sent 2,400 british soldiers. The colonists held their fire until the last minute and then began to mow down the advancing redcoats before finally retreating. -
New York
Part of the plan was to stop the rebellion by isolating new england, the british wanted to seize new york city. the british sailed into new york harbor in the summer of 1776. -
Trenton
In a fierce storm, george washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the icy deleware river. Then , they began to march onto their mission to trenton and defeated a garrison of hessians in a surprise attack -
Saratoga
The continental army gathered from all over new york and new england. while he was fighting off the colonial troops , burgoyne didn't realize that his fellow british officers were preoccupied with holding philadelphia and weren't coming to meet him. American troops finally surrounded burgoyne at saratoga. -
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Valley Forge
While this hopeful turn of events took place in paris, washington and his continental army fought to stay alive at a winter camp in valley forge, pennsylvania. More then 2,000 soldiers died, yet the survivors didnt desert. -
Yorktown
In early 781, despite several defeats, the colonists continued to battle cornwallis-hindering his efforts to take the carolinas. He led his army of 7,500 soldiers onto the peninsula, between the james and york rivers and camped at yorktown -
Philadelphia
In 1781, the congress appointed a rich philadelphia merchant named robert morris as a superinendent of finance. Morris and his partner begged and borrowed on their personal credit to raise money to provide salaries for the continenetial army. -
Treaty of paris
Post war developments further threatned native american intrests as settlers began taking tribal lands left unprotected by the treaty of paris. In september 1783 the delegates signed the treaty of paris.