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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. -
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The American Revolution
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Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution.Paine structured Common Sense like a sermon and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the people. -
The Declaration of Independence
A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Adams persuaded the committee to select Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document,[2] which congress would edit to produce the final version. -
Articles of Confederation
Was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
The Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other.The American Congress of the Confederation ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784
