The road to revolution

  • Lexinton

    The british soldiers and colonists went to fight causing only one british troop to get wounded, only lasting 15 minutes.
  • Concord

    70 minuteman were drawn up in lines in the village green, 8 men were killed
  • Bunker Hill

    Thomas gage sent 2,400 soldiers while the and the colonists held their fire until last minute by the time the smoke cleared the colonists had lost 250 men
  • NewYork

    The british quickly attempted to seize nyc, and brought in 32,000 soldiers and included german mercenaries.
  • Philadelphia

    The british pushed washington's army across the delaware river into PA, and they captured the american capital at philadelphia
  • Trenton

    they marched to their objective, jersey and defeated garrison of hessian in a surprise attack.
  • Saragota

    the saratoga victory bolstered frances belief that the americans could win the war and signed an alliance with the americans
  • Valley Forge

    the troops at rice and vinegar and their feet were frostbitten , and washington tried to stop them.
  • Marquis De Lafayette

    Marquis De Lafayette, offered help, led a command in virginia the last year of the war with the help of the european military leader
  • Yorktown

    The final battle where people surrendered including cornwallis who was the leader.
  • Treaty of paris

    The delegates signed the treaty of paris which confirmed the us independence and became a new nation, it became larger from the canada border to florida