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Bendict arnolds treason discovered
Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741 in Norwich, Connecticut. Arnold was one of a number of Benedict Arnolds. -
Battle of lexingtion concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord,fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm. -
Capture of fort Ticonderoga
On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British garrison. -
Battle of bunker hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts -
George washington named commander in cheif
He named john adams cheif -
American defeat at qubec
On December 2, Arnold and Montgomery met on the outskirts of quebec and demanded the surrender of the city. -
British evacuate boston
On this day in 1776, British forces are forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington's successful placement. -
Second continental congress meets
This second Congress had a few delegates that hadn't been at The First Continental Congress. Some of those new and returning delegates included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and the new president of the Continental Congress, John Hancock. -
Declaration of independence issued
Who issued it? The Congress that was gathered in Philadelphia in July of 1776, the so-called Continental Congress. Who were they? They were a bunch of men who had been elected or appointed by individuals. -
Battle of long island
On August 27, 1776 the British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. The battle was part of a British campaige. -
British occupy New York City
On Sept. 15, 1776, British forces occupied New York -
Battle of trenton
Shortly after eight o'clock on the morning of December 26, 1776, the Continental Army started its charge on the city. -
Battle of brandywine
On the afternoon of this day in 1777, General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launch a full-scale British attack. -
battle of sartoga
On October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. General John Burgoyne had lost 86 percent of his expeditionary force that had triumphantly marched into New York from Canada in the early summer of 1777. -
Articles of Confederation adopted
After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress, sitting in its temporary capital of York, Pennsylvania, agrees to adopt the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union on this day in 1777. -
Winter at valley forge
On this day in 1777, commander of the Continental Army George Washington, the future first president of the United States, leads his beleaguered troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. -
British occupy Philidelphia
On September 26, the British proudly marched into Philadelphia.
In anticipation of their arrival, the capital was abandoned by the Patriots and many in the business community. -
Alliance with france
The Treaty of Alliance with France was signed on February 6, 1778, creating a military alliance between the United States and France against Great Britain -
battle of monmouth court house
Battle of Monmouth, also called Battle of Monmouth Court House , (June 28, 1778), indecisive engagement in the American Revolution, fought at Monmouth, New Jersey. -
Fall of Savannah
On this day in 1778, British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell and his force of between 2500 and 3600 troops, which included the 71st Highland regiment -
Spains enter the war
On this day in 1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans. -
Siege of charleston
The Siege of Charleston took place from March 29 to May 12, 1780, during the American Revolution (1775-1783). -
French and british battle in chesapake bay
The Battle of Chesapeake was fought between the French fleet, commanded by François Joseph Paul de Grasse, and the British fleet, under Sir Thomas Graves, on September 5, 1781. -
Cornwallis surrenders
On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to a close. -
Siege of yorktown
Union forces under General George McClellan arrive at Yorktown, Virginia, and establish siege lines instead of directly attacking the Confederate defenders.
