Battles & Important Events

Battle Of Lexington & Concord

• The shot was heard around the world
• There were 60 mm vs. 250 British
• Nobody meant to shoot

Battle Of Bunker Hill

• June 1775
• Mainly fought on Breeds Hill
• The British won after 3 trips up the hill & The Patriots ran out of ammo
• The Patriots Stood Up to the GREATEST Army

Olive Branch Petition

• Wrote request in July 1775
• Also requested peace from King George
• The Colonists sent it- they wanted a happy reunion

Common Sense

• January 1776
• It was written by Thomas Paine
• It convinced many people to join the Patriots side
• Sold over 100,000 copies!!!!

Declaration Of Independence

• July 4,1776
• Told the King they wanted to Separate
• It told the King all the things he did wrong to them
• King REJECTED!! All writers & signers committed Treason!!!!
• It was actually signed on August 2,1776
• We celebrate this document every year!

Battle of Trenton

• December 25,1776
• SURPRISED The Hessian
• Washigton's 1st Battle in Charge-Famous for crossing the Ice-Choked Delaware River
• Patriots Capture Over 900 Men!!
• British Colonel Killed!!

Battle of Princeton

• Jan. 1777(part of the 10 days changed the World)
• Washington put himself in the line of fire to show LEADERSHIP
• Used Campfires as a DISTRACTION
• Patriots Declare Victory!!!!(Approx. 200 surrendered)

Battle of Saratoga

• Sept./ Oct. 1777
• British surrendered (under Burgoyne) 6,000 men
• TURNING POINT OF WAR!
• Patriot's WIN!!
• French intervention will result

Winter at Valley Forge

• December 1777- Spring 1778
• 10,000 troops sent here; 25% died
• Training resulted in a STRONG tough army
• News of French Intervention gives HOPE
• New leaders from France give new tactics

French Intervention

• February 1778
• New Military leaders,Solider's,WeaponMoney for Patriots
• The French formally entered the war.
• French intervention changed the war.

Battles moved South and West

• Feb. - May 1780
• More Patriots (French)
• Swamp Fox's strategies (Frances Marion)
• The British thought that the Southern region was full of Loyalists ready to battle.
• In defeat at Charleston the Patriots lost over 5,400 troops.

British Surrendered

• October 19, 1781
• Yorktown,Virginia
• George Washington marched South from New York.
• With thousands of French and Patriot soldiers.
• Cornwallis and his troops were outnumbered two to one.

Treaty of Paris

• Sept. 1783
• U.S. freedom for all 13 colonies...!!
• New Land Boundaries..U.S. extends to Mississippi River
• Loyalist's flee to Canada, Caribbean,or England
• African Americans enslaved.
• Native Americans continue to lose millions of acres

Treaty of Paris

• Sept. 1783
• U.S. freedom for all 13 colonies...!!
• New Land Boundaries..U.S. extends to Mississippi River
• Loyalist's flee to Canada, Caribbean,or England
• African Americans enslaved.
• Native Americans continue to lose millions of acres