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The Boston Massacre
Innocent civilians were killed. The civilians were not armed -
Boston Tea Party
When Patriots dressed as Indians threw tea off a boat. this boat was one of the British's. -
Lexington and Concord
the first military engagements in the American Revolution. The battle was fought on April 19th of 1775 -
Bunker (Breeds) Hill
the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Common Sense
Was a book written in 1776. It was wrote by Thomas Paine. -
Battle of Charleston
after a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. -
Declaration of Independence
Is the reason July 4th/ independence day exists. This is how America got there freedom. -
Battle of Trenton and Princeton
General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton December 26, Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey. -
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Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign. Giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War -
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Battle of Yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
