the American revolution

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    The American Revoloution

  • battle of bunker hill

    battle of bunker hill

    it was the first major battle of the American revolution that demosted the patriots ability to stand up to the british army.
    the British forces, colonial England forces commanded by colonel William Prescott and general and general Israel Putnam.
    it showed that colonial forces could effectively fight the british army and boosted American moral and confident in their ability to win the war.
  • battle of saratoga

    battle of saratoga

    a decisive American victory, forcing the surrender of the British general Burgoyne army in 1777.
    Horatio gates and benedict Arnold was involved.
    a decisive American victory, leading to the British general burgoyne's surrender and the capture of his army.
    it secured a vital alliance with France, which provided the American with the necessary financial, military, and naval support to eventually win the revolutionary war.
  • Paul  Revere ride

    Paul Revere ride

    they rode to warn the colonial militias that British troops were moving from boston to seize arms.
    William Dawes ,Samuel Prescott was involved.
    they had successfully reached the colonist and the militias were mobilized.
    the warning was enabled.
  • the battle of Lexington and concord

    the battle of Lexington and concord

    they followed a confrontation in Lexington where a single shot was fired and eight colonists were killed.
    British officers colonel francis smith and major john pitcairn were involved.
    the out come was they successfully defeated concord and forced British to retreat.

    ot marked the start of the American revolutionary war, demonstrating that colonial militias could effectly challenge the British army and bolstering and the colonists resolve for independence.
  • creation of  the declaration of independence

    creation of the declaration of independence

    Thomas Jefferson drafted the document, the committee of five revised it.
    Thomas Jefferson, john Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
    they separated from Great Britain which led to the formation of the United States and justification on going revolutionary war.
  • crossing of the delaware river

    crossing of the delaware river

    general George washington and his continental army crossed the ice choked Delaware river in a surprise attack on the hessian garrison.

    George Washington and approximately 2,400 continental army troops were involved.
    the outcome was a series of decisive American victories.
    this was the critical military maneuver that reignited the American revolutionary war after a period of despair and defeat.
  • thomas paine the american crisis

    thomas paine the american crisis

    the renewed the public enthusiasm for the american revolution.
    Thomas Paine, styner and cist, and James Monroe was involved.

    they was boosting he american morale renewing the resolve of the continental army after defeats and ultimately.
    it was important because they was boosting up the morale of the american soldiers and public during a critical period of the revolutionary war reinforcing the resolve continue to fight for independence.
  • battle of Trenton

    battle of Trenton

    the continental army crossed the icy Delaware river on Christmas night and struck the hessian garrison in Trenton.
    general George Washington the continental army and his hessian mercenaries hired by the British was involved.
    the continental army captured nearly 1,000 hessian soldiers and significant supplies.

    they renewed the continental army's commitment to the war effort.
  • winter at valley forge

    winter at valley forge

    December 1777 to June 1778 during the American revolutionary war.
    the continental army, under general George Washington, faced extreme hard ship from disease, but emerged as a more disciplined.

    the people involved was general George Washington and his continual army and the 12,000 soldiers.
    the outcome was the continual army.
    it was a turning point that transformed the ragged continual army into a displineed, professional fighting forces, symbolizing American perseverance and resilience.
  • the battle of Yorktown

    the battle of Yorktown

    the combined forces of George Washington and the French army and navy trapped and forces the surrender of a large british army under Lord Cornwallis in York town Virgina.
    the franco-american was involved.
    a crucial American and french victory.
    it was the decisive battle that effectively ended the American revolutionary war,leading to American independence and the singing of the treaty of Paris.
  • the treaty of Paris

    the treaty of Paris

    they had ended the American revolutionary war by having great Britain recognize the United states as a free sovereign and independent nation.
    John Adams Benjamin Franklin and John jay who was involved in this event.
    the outcome was they had ended the american revolutionary war and the formal recognition of the united states as the independence nation by the great Britain.
    it officially ended several w¡major wars.
  • the battle of philadelphia

    the battle of philadelphia

    it directly led to the British occupation of Philadelphia.
    confederate cavalry brigades under colonels J.J. Morrison and George Gibbs dibrell.
    what happened was that the British forces, led by general sir William Howe, captured the city.
    the continental army survived and the war continued for six more years.