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First military engagement. Militia was outnumbered and fell back. Shot heard around the world.
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Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen led a win against a small British army. Looted personal belongings. Weapons and supplies were obtained.
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Discussed what would be done if British did not repeal or modify the Coercive acts.
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This was a British win, but the British lost more men. America ran out of supplies and had to retreat.
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George Washington was named commander-in-chief because his military experience.
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First major american defeat. General Schuyler wanted to "drive back british troops".
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British forces are forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington's successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights.
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280 ships carrying 32,000 British and hired Hessian troops assembled just off of Staten Island, New York. largest force ever seen on the North America. General George Washington had only 20,000 militia men in his command. American Loss.
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America Declares their independence and breaks off from Britian.
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Major victory for britian and major loss under GW. Sullivan's men deployed on the two hills flanking the pass while Clinton's troops simultaneously flanked the American positions from the east.
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Battle that inspired American Colonist. GW crossed the Delaware river for a surprise attack on Hessians.
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The British defeated the Americans and forced them to withdraw toward the American capital of Philadelphia.
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HUGE turning point in the war and a spark of rebellion and hope in the colonies.
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British walked into Philly to find that patriots retreated. They set in for the winter.
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Patriots were fearing making their own government.The Articles of Confederation, then, provided for only a loose federation of American states.
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.Starvation, disease, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778.
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Benjamin Franklin was in France signing the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance. The Treaty of Amity and Commerce recognized the U.S. as an independent nation
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General George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army column commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton as they left Monmouth Court House.
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local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units holding the city and a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. It was the opening move in the British southern strategy to regain control of the rebellious southern provinces`
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Spain's entry into the imbroglio ensured that the British would have to spread their resources even thinner.
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The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles. took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their focus towards the Southern Colonies. General Benjamin Lincoln surrenders.
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Benedict obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and planned to surrender it to the British. After the plan was exposed, he was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general.
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a major defeat for the British. French were able to achieve temporary control of the sea lanes against the British
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victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau.
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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.
