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On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere rode to warn that British troops were heading to Lexington to have Samuel Adams and John Hancock arrested. After arranging two lanterns in the old North church as a signal, he crossed the Charles River, borrowed a horse in Charlestown, and rode through Medford, menotomy, and into Lexington, alarming houses along the way and alerting the militia of the British advance toward Lexington. -
The reason that the lexington and concord started is because General Thomas Gage had ordered his troops to march into concord in order to seize the colonial weapons and ammunition. By the first battle of the American Revolution the colonists from Massachusetts would defy the British authority in order to outnumber and outfight the Redcoats. At the end of the battle, America would end up winning, they also entered Lexington and Concord to suppress the rebellion and seize the weapons + ammunition. -
The reason they made the Declaration of Independence was made to seek better independence. Later they would obtain the assistance of the French in the war against the war with Great Britain. Throughout the year of 1760's and early 1770's the north America would end up increasing the odds of themselves with the British imperial policies like taxations and frontier policies. -
The common sense that Thomas paine had in order to make the writing of "The American Crisis" would be seeing George Washington's troops retreating from New York by going through New Jersey. Paine would rise again to the challenges of literary warfare. Later George Washington would command the freshly printed pamphlet to be ready aloud to his dispirited men. He would then start to recite all of paine's heartfelt words since the troops would think that there would be no more hope for them to win. -
George Washington would be in an attack with three different crossing points on the Delaware River. The reason they did the crossing off the Delaware River would be to do a surprise attack on each part of the Delaware River. He was also suppose to have a role of preventing and harassing the British and the Hessian units near the town in order to support the Hessians at Trenton. -
In the year of 1776 in December the British forces would capture New York City and the patriot army of George Washington would retreat to Pennsylvania. On Christmas there was a surprise attack on Washington and crossed the Delaware River. It would also surprise the German mercenaries garrison Trenton, New Jersey would be in support of the British. Later George Washington would win the war that was going on with the Hessian mercenaries that were from the British.
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The Battle of Bunker hill happened in the year 1775 and started by the British navy that ended up shooting cannons from their ships going towards the coast of Charlestown toward the redoubt. The British delayed their attacks by waiting for additional colonial forces to arrive. The reinforcements would help the British to fill in the gaps in the colonial defence. -
On Philadelphia's campaigns from the revolutionary war. After many months of long marches and fighting ended with the Philadelphians to get occupied by the British and Washington's army and was encamped at the Valley Forge. Laten on October 4th 1777 they lost Philadelphia to the British after George Washington did a surprise attack on their main outpost in Germantown. After the attack German teamed up with the chew house in order to counterattack making George Washington's army to retreat. -
There were 2 fighting stages one on September 19 and the other on October 7, 1777. making it a proven turning point for the struggles of the American Independence. It also impacted George Washington's career since he did not get the victory at Saratoga, the American forces would most likely not have been able to have received critical assistance from the French. The battle also took place on the fields of upstate New York. There were almost 600 British soldiers either killed or wounded. -
The Winter at Valley Forge started in December 1777 by the continental army that was led by General George Washington during the year of the American Revolution. George Washington had a lot of leadership and would get help from collectors that would have militias that were supported by hundreds of camp followers and allies. It all ended in June of 1778 and was ended by George Washington in the winter quarters after six months, marking the significant point in the American Revolution. -
From September 28 to October 19, 1781 American and French forces besieged Yorktown, Virgina. Outnumbered and outgunned, British troops under General Cornwallis surrendered after three weeks. This decisive American victory ended major fighting in the revolution and led to peace negotiations and the treaty of Paris in 1783, which secured American independence and the birth of a new nation, the United States. It also marked the moment Britain realized the war was lost. -
The treaty was signed in September of 1783 America and Great Britain ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. There were three American negotiators John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay. They were the people who proved themselves ready for the world stage. The two crucial provisions from the treaty were the British recognition of U.S. independence and the delineation of boundaries that would allow the American western expansion