Revolutionary War
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Updated: 29 Sep 2017
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Created byGrace Miller
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Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
- kicked off Revolutionary war
Fighting starts in Lex; British continue
to concord then retreat to Boston
and are met by colonist militia men;
British able to escapeCapture of Fort Ticonderoga (May 10, 1775)
Green Mtn Boys and colonial generals
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen surprise
attack British fort
- first american victory of revolution;
Continental army gets much needed artilleryBattle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775)
Most of the fighting occurred
on Breed's hill; British win but
colonial forces inflict a lot of casualties
on British
- confidence boost for coloniesBattle of Trenton (Dec 26, 1776)
Washington crosses Delaware River,
leads continental army to fight
against and capture Hessian mercenaries
- boosts morale and reasserts
American control over NJFirst Battle of Saratoga (Sep 19, 1777)
British Gen. John Burgoyne defeats
Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold;
Burgoyne's troop strength is weakenedSecond Battle of Saratoga (October 7, 1777)
Burgoyne again attacks Americans
at Bemis Heights but is defeated
and forced to retreat; surrenders
ten days later
- Am. victory convinces French to
enter war as their allyValley Forge Established (Dec 19, 1777)
Military camp near Philadelphia
where Continental army spent winter;
starvation, disease, and exposure
kill more than 2,500 soldiersBattle of Camden (Aug 16, 1780)
Horatio Gates engages British
Gen Cornwallis' force; British
are only side with bayonets,
Patriots sick with dysentery, loose
2,000 men
- Gates is removed and replaced
with Nathaniel GreeneBattle of Guilford Courthouse (March 15, 1781)
Fought where Greensboro
is now; Cornwallis' 1200 man force
defeats Nathaniel Greene's 4500;
British suffer heavy casualties
- gives Americans strategic advantageSiege of Yorktown (Sep 28, 1781)
Washington's continental army
and French army troops combine
forces; Cornwallis surrenders,
he and his army are captured
- prompts British gov to negotiate
an end to fighting in American ColoniesSiege of Yorktown ends (Oct 19, 1781)Treaty of Paris (September 3rd, 1783)
Signed in Paris by representatives
of King George III and American
representatives
- Ends Revolutionary war and
recognizes American independence
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