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Significance

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
    The battle between Britain and Massachusetts Bay, were the British soldiers wanted to take the colonists weapons and arrest the Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
  • Meeting of the Second Continental Congress

    Meeting of the Second Continental Congress
    A convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that met together in Philadelphia,PA.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    Battle fought a few moths after the beginning of the "American Revolutionary War" due to Boston being controlled by British soldiers, while American militia surrounded the city.
  • Adoption of the "Declaration of Independence"

    Adoption of the "Declaration of Independence"
    The reasons why Great Britain should no longer be in control of the thirteen colonies written by Thomas Jefferson.
  • Failed Seizure of Quebec under Benedict Arnold

    Failed Seizure of Quebec under Benedict Arnold
    The first battle early in the start of the "American Revolutionary War" the the Americans suffered a major defeat that followed major loses.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    The avocation for Independence from Great Britain to the thirteen colonies.
  • battle of Trenton

    battle of Trenton
    General George Washington led the continental army against the Hessian soldiers stationed at Trenton.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    The battle known as the turning point in the Revolutionary War because it renewed the morale for the colonists and showed that the colonists can win to other countries, who can provide them with aid.
  • Paoli Massacre

    Paoli Massacre
    The ambush of the British soldiers who got word of some american troops at a camp in Paoli, where they brutally murdered 53 soldiers who tried to surrender and wounded 100 by taking all of their flints from their rifles.
  • Washington's Encampment at Valley Forge

    Washington's Encampment at Valley Forge
    The continental army under the command of General George Washington struggled against low morals and the elements of disease, which killed hundreds of soldiers in the winter, while the remaining soldiers trained military strategy for six months, just to take back the capitol Philadelphia from British Control.