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The Revolutionary War
The span of time that involved America rebelling against control of Great Britain's monarchy, the war it resulted in, and the origin of America choosing to govern itself. -
Revere's Midnight Ride
General Gage leads several hundred British troops to Lexington and Concord to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock, and to steal gunpowder from the Americans respectively.
Paul Revere warns Adams and Hancock the night the British arrive and a warns the people of Lexington, who assemble a small force of militiamen that prepare to face the British head-on the next day. -
Declaration of Independence
The second continental congress signs the Declaration of Independence in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, breaking their connection to Great Britain. -
"One Life to Lose for My Country..."
Nathan Hale, an American Spy working for George Washington, is captured by the British. He is executed with no trial shortly after. Evidence has indicated his last words, before being hanged, were “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." -
Crossing the Delaware River
On Christmas Eve, General Washington moves the Continental Army across the freezing waters of Delaware's river, and are able to seize Trenton from Hessian control. -
The American Turncoat
Benedict Arnold betrays the Continental Army by secretly making plans to surrender West Point to the British. Arnold's contact is caught and hanged, but not before Arnold escapes with British forces. -
Cornwallis surrounded
British General Cornwallis moves his army into Virginia to team up with more British soldiers at Yorktown, having to the Americans in North Carolina. General Washington’s army surrounds the British on the land, while Count de Rochambeau of the French allied with America block Cornwallis' forces from the ocean. -
Cornwallis Surrenders
General Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington, marking the defeat of Great Britain and the victory of American Independence.