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Jefferson writes the DOI
This was written because it made it so colonists' could finally have their independence they wanted. This also meant that what we call now, The United States, was turned into an independent nation. The American colonists were also able to form an alliance with France to take down the British Army. -
Battles of Trent and New Jersey
The Army of the great George Washington had crossed the icy Delaware river on Christmas day in 1776. The next day there was a huge battle between George Washington's Army and the Hessian mercenaries. George Washington came out with the win. -
State Constitutions
America has a flag and back when the U.S. was just 13 colonies, Congress declared that there should be 13 stripes on the American Flag. These were to count all of the colonies of what was the old U.S. -
Howe captures Philadelphia
British General William Howe, after failing to draw the Continental Army under General George Washington into a battle in northern New Jersey, embarked his army on transports, and landed them at the northern end of Chesapeake Bay. -
American and British Battle of Saratoga
This was a battle that had occurred during the second year of the Revolutionary War and it had 2 battles within it. Each of the battles 18 days apart. It was a decisive victory for the Continental Army. -
Articles of Confederation
When Richard Lee made helped with a motion towards independence, he also proposed a plan of union among all the United States. There was a conversation lasting about a year over these Articles. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge was George Washington's Army's winter quarter. This meant it was their hide away for the winter while the Revolutionary War/American Revolution was going on. -
Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US
In 1778, Jefferson brought up the idea of prohibiting slave imports because he wanted to stop slave trade. He was one of the first statesmen to try and act on abolishing slave imports. -
Spain Declares war on Great Britain
Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans. This is because Spain's King Charles III would not consent to signing a treaty. -
John Paul Jones & Serapis
During the American Revolution, the U.S. ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a hard-fought engagement against the British ships of war Serapis and Countess of Scarborough, off the eastern coast of England. -
British forces capture Charles Town
The British forces captured Charles Town because the General of Charles Town commanded his men to surrender. The British had a tactic they used to help capture it. This tactic was bombardment. -
British surrender at Yorktown
The British had been trapped in Yorktown so their General stopped trying to fight and had surrendered the land to George Washington. This act ended the Revolutionary War and the British stopped fighting. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the war between the French and the Indian. This war lasted 7 years before this was signed and it stopped the war. King George III was the one who signed it to stop this war.
