By: Gavin, Joe, Derek and Sofia

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD APRIL 19, 1775

• British were raiding Concord
• They wanted weapons and Sam Adams
• British were met by militia in Lexington
• "The shot heard aprind the world" was fired
• The British won Lexington, but were ambushed and forced to retreat

BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL JUNE 17, 1775

• Militia were stationed on Bray Hill
• British came to seige the hill
• British won because colonists lacked ammunition
• Moral victory for colonists
• Despite loss, many British were killed

INVASION OF NEW YORK JUNE-AUGUST 1776

• British fleet arrived in New York harbor
• British were controlled by general Howe
• The battle ended with British gaining control of New York
• Washington fled this battle, but Howe didn't follow

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 4, 1776

• Continental congress met in Philadelphia
• There was thougths of seceding from Great Britain
• They were inside discussing for weeks
• They finally agreed to secede
• They wrote and sent the declaration to declare their independence

NATHANEAL GREENE AUGUST 9,1776

• George Washingtons friend Greene was appointed to general of south militias
• In the Battle of Brandywine Washington was holding position against British
• Greene brought reinforcements
• He held many other military positions

BATTLE OF TRENTON DEC. 26, 1776

• British were stationed on Delaware river
• They didn't think the colonists would fight on Christmas
• Washington's men crossed river slowly to not alert the British
• Colonists launched surprise attack in the morning of Dec. 26
• Colonists won this battle

BATTLES OF SARATOGA JUNE14, 1777

• British captured Fort Ticonderoga easily
• The British then moved to Saratoga
• The Americans won at Saratoga
• The French became allies with the Americans after Saratoga

JOHN PAUL JONES' NAVAL CAMPAIGN APRIL 17, 1778

• Jones was an admiral in the continental navy
• He sailed to England to block ships
• They got right along side smalls english ships and bombed them
• He was sent to France to attack trade ships british waters

CLARK'S FRONTIER CAMPAIGN JULY, 1778

• He and 175 men moved down the Ohio river
• They first captured Fort Massac
• They took Kaskaskia without resistance
• He conquered most of the old north west
• He got many native tribes to stop fighting with British

VALLEY FORGE - WINTER 1778-79

• Washington and his troops were stationed at Valley Forge
• They learned they only had rations for 8 days
• Smallpox affected the troops greatly, they lost about 2,000 soldiers.
• 6 months after an army left Valley Forge. They had changed from Rebel to mature army

SIEGE OF CHARLESTON MARCH 29, 1780

• British were trying to capture Charleston
• 92 colonists were killed, 148 wounded, 4650 were captured
• The British were victorious
• Only 576 colonists escaped this attack

BATTLE OF CAMDEN AUGUST 16, 1780

• Lieutenant Charles Cornwallis led troops to South Carolina
• They routed the Americans in the battle
• Horatio Gates fled along with some of his troops
• Nathaneal Greene replaced Gates after this battle
• There was a second battle which thw British won

BATTLE OF YORKTOWN OCTOBER 19, 1781

• French and Americans fought against British
• Colonist general: Washington,British: Cornwallis, French: Rochambeau
• Colonists defeated the British