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The Americaan Revolution

  • The Battle of Concord

    The Battle of Concord
    The battle of Concord was a raging fight between Britian and the militia. Concord contained weapon stashes and were kept safe until "the British Came".
  • The Battle of Lexington

    The Battle of Lexington
    The battle of Lexington took place on Cambridge near boston, where Great britian and the 13 colonies fought. The boston Massacre was the cause of this.
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill
    The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton
    The Battle of Trenton took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The hazardous crossing in adverse weather made it possible for Washington to lead the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured
  • Philadelphia Campaign

    Philadelphia Campaign
    The Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778) was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress. British General William Howe, after unsuccessfully attempting to draw the Continental Army under General George Washington into a battle in northern New Jersey, embarked his army on transports, and landed them at the northern end of Chesapeake Bay. From there, he advanced northward toward Philadelphia.
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge
    Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. It is approximately 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia.1 Starvation, disease, malnutrition, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778
  • Treaty Of Paris

    Treaty Of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on 3 September 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. This treaty, along with the separate peace treaties between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause: France, Spain and the Dutch Republic, are known collectively as the Peace of Paris.
  • Marquis De Lafayette

    Marquis De Lafayette
    a French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War, and was a close friend of George Washington. Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830.
  • The Battle of Saratoga

    The Battle of Saratoga
    The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army up the Champlain Valley from Canada, hoping to meet a similar force marching northward from New City.
  • New York

    New York
    New York played a good role in the revolution. New York colonies revert following the stamp act.
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown
    The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American theater, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.