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It was a global conflict that involved most of the European great powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. -
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, the target was the Tea Act. -
It was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
It was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. The Congress created a new country it first named the United Colonies and, in 1776, renamed the United States of America. -
It was the founding document adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting on which 13 states took a first step in forming the United States and, formalizing the American Revolutionary War. -
It was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against Hessian forces, on the morning of December 26. Planned in secrecy, Washington led a column of Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River, in a logistically challenging and dangerous operation. -
It was one of the most important battles fought during the course of the American War of Independence. Its outcome contributed in deciding the final result of the contest, in favor of the continental army. -
t formalized France's financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America, creating a military alliance between the United States and France against Great Britai -
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.