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Warned colonial leaders and militial about an imminent British troop advance from Boston to seize Patriot supplies in Concord. Allowed colonists to prepare for battle and ultimately sparking the start of the American Revolutionary War. -
Typically refers to the Philadelphia Campaign, during which the British, led by General William Howe, captured the American capital of Philadelphia. It was a major British effort to capture the American capital, which would have been a severe blow to Patriot morale and strategy, and because it resulted in the crucial Ameircan victory at Saratoga. -
The opening aremed conflicts of the American Revolutionary War. They marked the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, igniting the conflict and signing the begining of aremed resistance against British rule -
A recolutionary war battle where colonial forces fortified a hill overlooking Boston and repelled the British Armys attacks multiple times even through the British ultimately took the hill after the colonists ran out of ammunition. It showed that colonial forces could effectively fight the British Army and boosted American morale and confidence in their ability to win the war. -
Created by a committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress in 1776, with Thomas Jefferson as the main author. The 13 American colonies served their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists motivations for seeking independence. -
A series of thirteen pamphlets published during the war. Intended to inspire and boost the morale of the Continental Army and the American public during times of hardship and near defeat. It galvanized colonial morale and resolved during the darkest days of the American Revolution, particularly after defeats in late 1776. -
A daring move by General George Washington and the Continental Army on the night of Christmas 1776 to cross the icy Delaware River and launch a suprise attack on Hessian and British troops in Trenton New, Jersey. It provided a crucial morale-boosting victory for the Continental Army at the Battle of Trenton, preventing the dissolution of the army during a critical low point in the American Revolution. -
General George Washington's Continental Army crossed the icy Delaware River on Christmas night and struck the Hessian garrison in Trenton, New Jersey. Boosted dwindling American morale, demonstrated Washingtons tactical brilliance, secured vital supplies, and renewed the Continental Armys commitment to the war effort. -
The 1777-1778 Winter encampment of George Washingtons Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. It was a turning point where the Continental Army transformed from a poorly trained, ill-equiped force into a more disciplined, proffesional fighting force under the training of Baron von Steuben, leading to improved morale and tactical ability that helped secure American Independence. -
It was a decisive American victory that convinced France to ally with the fledging United States. The American victory secured a critical military alliance with France, which provided much-needed foreign aid and ultimately helped win the American Revolution -
The decisive final major battle, leading to the surrender to British General Charles Cornwallis' army to the combined American and French forces led by General Washington. It guaranteed American Independence through the subsequent Treaty of Paris. -
Treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War, formally recognizing the United States as an independent nation and establishing its boundaries with British North America. Granted the U.S. vast territories that doubled its size, including the Northwest Territory.