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Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!
www.history.com/news/patrick-henrys-liberty-or-death-speech-240-years-ago
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve.... -
Rides Of Paul Revere
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was summoned by Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston and given the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that regular troops were about to march into the countryside northwest of Boston. -
Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Britain's General Gage had a secret plan.
During the wee hours of April 19, 1775, he would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations were LEXINGTON, where they would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then CONCORD, where they would seize gunpowder.
But spies and friends of the Americans leaked word of Gage's plan.
Two lanterns hanging from Boston's North Church informed the countrysid -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html he Second Continental Congress, the de facto governing body of the United Colonies (soon to be the United States) during the American Revolution, created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and appointed George Washington as General and Commander-in-Chief the next day. -
Battle Of Bunker Hill
https://www.landofthebrave.info/battle-of-bunker-hill.htm in June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), 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. -
The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html The congress secretly meets to talk about the problems accruing. -
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga
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Battle of Fort Moultrie
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Patriots decisively defeat the British Navy at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina -
Declaration of Independence
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html The Declaration of Independence is read publicly. -
Losing Philadelphia
https://www.nps.gov/vafo/learn/historyculture/upload/Philadelphia%20Campaign.pdf British under Howe occupy Philadelphia -
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Washington's army retires to winter quarters at Valley Forge
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Many die during the awful winter. -
Washington's army leaves Valley Forge
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html During this period the patraits were trained and turned into real soldiers. -
Wax Haw Creek
ttps://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/800529-waxhaws/ British crush Americans at Wax haw Creek, SC -
Recapture Augusta!
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Americans recapture Augusta, GA -
Cornwalls
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA -
War Ends!
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html British and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace -
British troops leave New York City
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html After peace British leave New York -
George is named President
https://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786 After the war they did not want a king and turned to thier Genral -
Treaty Of Paris
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=6 he Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
Us Constitution is signed
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html The document is sighed and followed even now.
