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-The first battles of the Revolutionary War
- "the shot heard around the world"
-U.S. minutemen were defeated at Lexington, but won later at Concord -
- the Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia -representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies were there to manage the colonial war effort
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George Washington was named Commander in Cheif of the American forces
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-the American forces were driven from Bunker Hill after running out of ammunition
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- George Washington becomes commander of the Continental Army
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-Benedict Arnold and his colonial forces fail to take Quebec
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"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published
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- a document that proclaims the inherent rights of all men
- it later influenced documents such as the Decleration of Independence
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-this document defines the power of state government and the basic rights of the citizens of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia
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- The Declaration of Independence is adopted by congress and is sent to be printed
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- The Declaration of Independence is starting to be signed
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- Washington's forces were beat by the British while trying to protect the port of New York
- The Americans escaped during the night using the cover of bad weather
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- George Washington crosses the Delaware and treks for 9 miles through the snow to capture Trenton from the Hessions
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- created and explained the significance of the new American Flag
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- British defeated the Americans who retreated to Philadelphia
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- the British were trapped by the superior American forces and lost
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- 18 days after the first battle, the Americans won once again
- this became a turning point in the war because it won the Americans the foreign help that was needed to win the war
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- Washington's army camped here in the winter
- around 2,000 died, many of the cold
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- The French agreed to aide the Americans as long as they got a piece of the West indies
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- British forces take over Savannah, Gerorgia
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- the Spanish declare war on Britain
- at this point, the war becomes a world war
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- the British capture Carleston, South Carolina
- Charleston was then used as a base for future operations
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- Washington appointes Greene as commander of the Southern Army
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- Articles of Confederation are adopted
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- the French fleet drives the British navy away from the Chesapeake Bay
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- Cornwallis is surrounded on all sides by the American and French forces when he surrenders in Yorktown, Virginia
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- Lord North resigns his position as prime minister of Britain
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- the British and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace
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- Congress ratified the preliminary peace treaty
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- The U.S. and Britain sign the Treaty of Paris 1783
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- Washington resigns as Commander of the U.S. forces
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- The United States Constitution is signed
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- The United States Constitution is ratified and adopted
