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Paul Revere was instructed by the Sons of Liberty to ride to Lexington, Mass., to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them
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first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
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The British decided to take two hills, Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, in order to gain a tactical advantage.
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The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
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Learn more about General George Washington and the Continental Army's famous crossing of the Delaware River on December 25-26, 1776.
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The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War
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Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington.
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The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown