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The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by the well known Thomas Jefferson, he wrote this declaration to declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.This document symbolizes the American democracy and one of the free charters of freedom. The Declaration of Independence made a major difference, justified rebellion. -
The Battle of Long Island
August 27,1776,the American Continental Army was defeated by the British.The battle took place in the southern portions of Long Island.Washington,marched his troops from Boston to New York,and ordered them to prepare2defend the city,from the British.The British attacked with small portion of soldiers.Americans were focused on the small portion,British Army,they didnt notice the main forces,British.nearly surrounded the Americans,soon defeated by the British. -
The Model Treaty
September17,1776 The United States Continental Congress seek to make France and Spain in order to secure assistance,against the British in the American Revolution.The main principles of the Model Treaty,no political connections&no military connections with Britain.However,have a commercial connection with Britain.At the end the Model Treaty was an successful starting point for negotiations.The US was able to obtain most of the conditions they wanted,&the treaty proved,beneficial to the U.S.trade -
Nathan Hale
September 22,1776 a patriot Nathan Hale, was an American soldier and a spy for the Continental Army, during the American Revolutionary War. The death of Nathan Hale, he was fighting for his country, being part of a gathering mission in New York but was soon captured but the British, and executed. Hale was hung and his last word were, “ I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country”. Nathan Hale died a hero that fought for his country. -
The battle of Saratoga
September 19th,1777&Oct 7th,1777. The first two battles,were small victories of the British General John Burgoyne.This battle brought joy to the Americans,it gave them hope to believe they can defeat the British,Revolutionary War.The British had a plan,split the 13colonies apart,while that was being decided the NewEngland colonies loyalty decreased than the Middle and the Southern Colonies.They had a plan to sever the New England colonies together.victory went to the Americans. -
Kaskaskia
On July 1778, the Illinois campaigners occurred which was also known as Clark’s Northwestern campaign. Clark and other men had traveled with him to gather men to help with the battle. He soon had 200 men, they took the men and and traveled to Kaskaskia. -
The Battle of Monmouth
summer of 1778 between, American forces and British forces. first victory of its kind&improvement,Washington’s army was making.there were many attacks&men even died of heat stroke,extreme summer weather.no clear victor,both sides fought&suffered,same casualties.This battle was mainly caused by Washington wanting to intercept the British for supplies, and in the end it was a draw and the British did finish their march sustaining minor casualties. -
French-American Alliance
The Formation of the French-American Alliance, occurred on September 23rd,1778. The French has formed an alliance with the Americans, the French promised to provide supplies and support to the Americans and gave the US commercial privileges. The privileges were provided to have revenge on the British because of the French defeat in the French and Indian war. In return the US had contributed to support them and continuing fighting until France is ready to have peace . -
The Cherry Valley Massacre
The Cherry Valley Massacre,an attack by the British and the Iroquois on a village known as Cherry Valley. This massacre was known as being the most horrific Massacre of the Revolutionary War. The Cherry Valley Massacre,was all about revenge, the Native Americans were furious because their home were burned down by the American rebels. So they attacked the fort with the Tories,slaughter and captured over 70 people.omen and children were also kidnapped to remote tribal areas or scalped. -
Spain has declared war against Great Britain.
June 21st,1779.creating an alliance with the colonial Americans.King Charles II of Spain wouldn’t agree to the the treaty of alliance with the United States,he was soon convinced by Charles Gravier,was able to have treaty with Spain,to join their war against Britain. After all was consulted at the end,King Charles achieved his North American goals.The Spanish took over West Florida by force and obtained East Florida by cession when the War for Independence ended. -
Norwalk Connecticut town was burned by the British.
July 11th, 1779,The British goal was to burn every building from Norwalk.They were so determined because they were annoyed of the fact that there was“privateering”&spying occurring on the Black Harbor. The British took action and took matters into their own hand, excessive raids against Fairfield, and Norwalk, by destroying “rebel property”.extent of destruction, and the downfall of towns opulence. -
battle of Charleston
Wednesday, March 29th, 1780, the battle of Charleston took place in South Carolina. This battle was against the Americans and the British, Benjamin Lincoln had surrendered about 5,000 of his army to the British. This was one of the biggest lost for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. The battle has soon ended on May 12th,1780, it had lasted for 15 days. By the end of the battle the British was victorious. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown, also known as the Siege of Yorktown , fought from October 6th -20th,1781. This battle was consider the last major land battles for the American Revolutionary War. It was led by the known , George Washington, and they were successful to defeat the British army. The significance of this battle was, Cornwallis had surrendered to Washington , while being trapped at Yorktown by the French and American forces. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, was signed and represented in Paris on September 3rd, 1783. The reason of this treaty was for the United Stated to gain their independence from Britain,for them to become their own country, and to have its own self government. The US didn’t want to be dependable on anyone, they wanted to be independent and do things their way . Now that the war was over the United States is able to live in peace .
