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Declaration of Independence
The colonists eventually proclaimed independence and addressed the Declaration of Independence. This document noted all the ideas why the colonists yearned to be free. -
Battle of Trenton
Following General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the prior night, Washington directed the main assembly of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers guarded at Trenton. Subsequent to the short battle, approximately the whole Hessian force was seized. -
Battle of Princeton
The American victory at the Battle of Princeton was one of the most significant of the American Revolution. George Washington and his fighters traveled north from Trenton and struck a British force south of the town. -
British surrender of 5,700 troops at Saratoga
Lacking supplies, 5,700 British, German and loyalist forces under Major General John Burgoyne surrender to Major General Horatio Gates in a turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Germantown
Throughout the American Revolution, British forces in Pennsylvania conquered the American Continental Army under the command of General George Washington. -
Formation of French-American Alliance
The United States approved The Treaty of Alliance and The Treaty of Amity and Commerce. This made the French and the Americans collaborators. -
US Defeat at battle of Camden
The Revolutionary War Battle of Camden, South Carolina, put American forces under Major General Horatio Gates versus a small British field force authorized by Lieutenant General. Charles, Lord Cornwallis. Regardless of numerical superiority, the Patriot forces underwent an embarrassing loss, one of the worse defeats in American military history. -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 initial states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. -
Surrender of British forces under Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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. -
Treaty of Paris, formally ending the Revolutionary War
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
