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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
The British colonies, 13 colonies, of north america sought independence in July 1776, there were 3 main ideas of declaration of independence and those were All men are created equal, all humans have there natural rights given them from birth and a government is to protect there natural rights, which Jefferson listed as "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness". -
THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AND WHITE PLAINS
The Battle of Long Island and and White Plains is alse kown as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights and is also considered as the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War. In this battle the British defeated the Americans and got control over strategically important city of New York. -
THE MODEL TREATY
The Model Treaty was a template for future relations with foreign countries and was America’s first diplomatic statement and did not contain provisions for direct military support, but rather for the supply of weapons and other indirect assistance, in addition to favorable commercial termsm. -
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S CROSSING OF THE DELAWARE RIVER
This act occured on the night of December 25-26, 1776 during the American revolutionary war. George Washington cross the Delaware river for surprise attack against the Hessian forces in Ternto, New Jersey. -
BATTLE OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING A BOAST TO AMERICAN MORALE
The Battle took place after the George Washington cross the Delaware river, in the morning of December 26, 1776. In this battle General George Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. Americans captured the entire Hessian army. This battle’s victory inspired the Continental Army’s flagging morale. -
BATTLE OF PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
The Battle of Princeton was a battle in which General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton. Deeply concerned by Washington's victory over over the British at Trenton, Cornwallis thought Washington would try to escape overnight, so he sent troops to guard the Delaware River. Instead, Washington muffled the wheels of his army's wagons and snuck around the side of British camp. Washington defeated the British. -
BRITISH SURRENDER TROOPS AT SARATOGA
British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms to Americans that was a turing point in revolutionary war. British general and playwright John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 troops to American General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New york because General John Burgoyne had lost 86 percent of his expeditionary force that had triumphantly marched into New York from Canada in the early. -
ARTICLE OF CONFEDERATION
The Articles of Confederation was approved, after much debate and it was formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. A guiding principle of the Articles was to preserve the independence and sovereignty of the states. -
THE TREATY OF ALLIANCE AND THE TREATY OF AMITY
The Treaty of Alliance with France was a defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War.The Treaty of Alliance was in effect an insurance policy for France which guaranteed the support of the United States if Britain were to break the current peace they had with the French, "either by direct hostilities, or by her commerce and navigation,"as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce. -
US DEFEAT AT BATTLE OF CAMDEN
The Revolutionary War Battle of Camden, South Carolina, pitted American forces under Major General Horatio Gates against a small British field force commanded by Lieutenant General. This Battle was the major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. -
RATIFICATION OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states occurred on March 1, 1781. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments.The present United States Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation on March 4, 1789. -
BATTLE OF THE CAPES, DENYING BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS OR EVACUATION.
The Battle of capes is also known as the Battle of the Chesapeake or the Battle of the Virginia Capes. It prevented the British from reinforcing or evacuating the army of Charles Cornwallis the following month at the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, the last major land battle of the war and the defeat that led the British to sue for peace. -
SURRENDER OF BRITISH FORCES UNDER CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN.
The Battle of Yorktown is also known as the Siege of Yorktown or the Surrender at Yorktown and it was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. -
THE BANK OF NORTH AMERICA
The Bank of Noth America was a private bank first and it was adapted by Confederation Congres on May 26,1781. Charted, the grant of authority or right, on December 31,1781 and opened in Philadelphia on January 7,1782. The Bank of North America became the country's first initial public offering. It was succeeded in its role as central bank by the First Bank of the United States in 1791. -
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AUTHORISES PEACE NEGOTIATION
John Adams was appointed by the Continental congress to travel france as minister plenipotentiary in charge of negotiating treaties of peace and commerce with Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. He had traveled to Paris in 1778 to negotiate an alliance with France, but had been unceremoniously dismissed when Congress chose Benjamin Franklin as sole commissioner. -
TREATY OF PARIS, FORMALLY ENDING THE REVOLUTION WAR
The Treaty of Paris formally ended the Revolutionary War. It was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War and it also set the boundaries between the British Empire in North America and the United States, on lines "exceedingly generous"to the latter. Details included fishing rights and restoration of property and prisoners of war.
