Road to Independence

By 24esweeter

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere and other's warned the colonists that the British were coming

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    the 1st military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.

  • Washington's Crossing

    the location of the Delaware river where Washington crossed.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    It explains why the colonies should break away from Britain. It says that people have rights that can't be taken away, lists the complaints against the king, and says that the colonies have to be free to protect the colonists' rights.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    it happened during the second year of the American Revolution. There was two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.

  • Valley Forge

    the site of the winter encampment of the Continental Army.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    General George Washington, commanding a force of French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of British troops at Yorktown