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The Revolutionary War
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Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry gives the famous speech, 'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death' -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere ride through the countryside informing the people of the English on their way -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first shots of the American revolution were fired-English Victory -
Washington's apointment and commander of the Continental Army
Washington takes his place as the leader of the Continental Army -
The Colonists seize Fort Tyconderoga
Fort Tyconderoga is seized by Ethen Allen and The Green Mountain Boys -
Battle of Bunker Hill
First major casualties, made the English consider the colonies as a threat-English Victory -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine gets his pamphlet, "Common Sense." This convinces the Colonists to fight back -
The Evacuation of Boston
The Brittish evacuated Boston -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration is adopted by the Colonies -
Declaration signed
The Declaration is signed by the members of congress -
Hessians arrive
The German Hessians arive to aid the English -
Battle of Long Island
The English forced the Colonists out of New York-English Victory -
Battle of White Plains
Neither side won, both sides drew back to a place of shelter-Draw -
Battle of Trenton
Washington's victory over the Hessians-American Victory -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
The English forced the Colonists out of Fort Tyconderoga-English Victory -
Battle of Brandywine
Washington's defeat lost him favor with the Continental Congress and lost the colonies Philadelphia-English Victory -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle convinced the French and Spanish to join in the American revolution-American Victory -
Baron Von Steuben
The Baron takes his place under Washington -
Official Alliance
The Frence and the Colonists become official allies -
The Spanish declare war
The Spanish join the colonies and declare war on England -
French arrive
The first French troops arrive in the colonies -
Benedict Arnold committs treason
General Benedict Arnold betrays the Colonies -
Battle of Kings Mountain
Colonists anahilated the English Loyalists-American Victory -
Articles of Confederation adopted
The US goverment settled on laws to limmit the Federal goaverment -
Battle of Yorktown
Considered as the last battle of the war-American Victory (Sept. 28-Oct. 19) -
Treaty of Paris
The Colonists & theFrench met with England to settle upon the Americans freedom
