Road to Revolution

By 24mwallace

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War

  • Paul Revere's Ride

    is a poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83) , the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts

  • The Declaration of Independence

    a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.”

  • Washington's Crossing

    General George Washington set the date for the river crossing

  • Battle of Saratoga

    marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.

  • Valley Forge

    After failing to retake the city, Washington led his 12,000-man army into winter quarters at Valley Forge

  • Battle of Yorktown

    General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia