WASHINGTON WAR AND SIGNIFICANT BATTLES

CONTINENTAL ARMY

• Made up of mostly militia with some regulars.
• Went through many generals
• Started to become an effective force after Valley Forge

Lexington and Concord

• April 19, 1775
• The British marched through the night to capture colonist leaders and destroy arms
• At lexington they confronted the colonists
• Routed the colonist and starting the war
• Then they marched to Concord and the colonists regrouped and reinforced

BUNKER HILL

• The colonists fortified Breed's hill
• The British Regulars under Israel Putnam
• Colonists got the top of the hill
• British had to fight uphill
• Arguable who won the battle

GEORGE WASHINGTON

• He was tall
• First President
• He's dead
• He left school when he was 15
• He got married at 26