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Olive Branch Petition Sent
The petition spoke of the colonists loyal to the king and stated they only wanted peace with England. The petition was after adopted and signed by two congress members. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeat the Americans at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss they inflicted many causalities upon the enemy and gained a major confidence boost. -
Battle for New York
The British soldiers wanted to fight the colonies. They started by capturing New York. Every time the colonists would be about to beat them they would fight Washington and his army off until they had retreated to New Jersey. -
Common Sense Pamphlet Published
Written by Thomas Payne to advocate for independence from Great Britain to the colonists. He wanted to change their minds from peacefully settling to fighting against Great Britain for their freedom. -
Declaration of Independence drafted
It gave birth to what is known today as the United States of America. The document is symbolic of American democracy and one of the free charters of freedomIt says that the Americans were no longer under British rule. Instead, the thirteen British colonies came together to become a new country. -
Second Continental Congress Meets
The second meeting was right after the first and it managed the Colonial war effort and moved towards independence, and adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on christmas day and traveled for ten days to win two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the military camp northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter during the American Revolutionary War. Starvation, disease, malnutrition, and exposure killed more than 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778. -
Fight for Philadelphia
General Washington positioned 11,000 men between Howe and Philadelphia but was outflanked and driven back at the Battle of Brandywine and suffered over 1,000 casualties, while the British lost about half that number. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was the turning point for the revolutionary war. The scope of the victory is made clear because the 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. -
Battle of Yorktown
It is considered the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Army, led by General George Washington, won a decisive victory against the British Army. -
Treaty of Paris
It was negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.
