The American Revolution Timeline

  • Paul Revereś Ride

    This folk ballad that has a hero of the American revolution is written in anapestic tetrameter, which was meant to suggest the galloping of a horse, and is famous "midnight ride" to warn the Americans about the impending British
    invasionhtts://britannica.com/biography/Paul-
    Revere
  • Battles of lexington and Concord

    on April 19 British marched onto the Lexington and concord intending to suppress a rebellion if it happened, but ended up sparking up a battle
    https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war-battles/Lexington-and-concord
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    the first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown. During the Siege of Boston. Although the British eventually was the battle. it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable
    encouragement to the revolutionary
    cause.https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Bunker-Hill
  • The creation of the declaration of independence

    The creation of declaration of independence happened on July 4th 1776, what is basically did was explain what the colonist wanted with their life and was them declaring Independence for themselves
    https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-
    1783/declaration
  • Thomas Paine’s writing of “The American Crisis”

    in 1776 during the first few months of the American revolution hope for their victory dimmed as the British kept getting stronger and stronger and Thomas Paine wrote a story called "the American crisis"
  • Crossing of the Delaware River

    on December 25th George Washington crossed the Delaware because he was in a midst of war and near defeat, which George Washington sent his soldiers into a raid which sent the British onto the defensicehttps://org/articles/crossing-the-Delaware/
  • Battle of Trenton

    on December 26th the battle of Trenton happened. After George Washington crossed the delaware, him and his army defeated the hessians mercenaries, which set the stage for the win against princeton a week later https//www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/trentonnbg
  • the Battle of Philadelphia

    september 3rd 1777 the battle of Philadelphia happened, revolutionary forces clashed at cooch's bridge in Delaware, it's when the Philadelphia campaign happened towards the end of the battle, Philadelphia had british people in it, George Washington was in the valley
    forgehttps://www.nps.gov/articles/000/philadelphia-campaign-1777.htm
  • Battles of Saratoga

    on September 19th the battle of Saratoga the failure of the American invasion of Canada had left a large surplus of british troops along the St. Lawrence River. With these troops they were to move south for an attack on Albany New York . and Coming up the Hudson from the south, Gen. Sir William Howe's army was ready to attack.
    httpa://www.britannica.com/event/battles-of-Saratoga
  • the winter at valley forge

    the time of extreme hardships for continental soldiers, they had diseases, Starvation, and exposure to harsh weather leading to thousands of deaths
  • battle of Yorktown

    after all that series of reverses and the depletion of his force's strength, the British commander in the southern colonies, he moves his army from Wilmington, North Carolina, eastward to Petersburg, Virginia, to the Atlantic coast. In order to maintain his British army of General, in New York City, He then retreated through Virginia, First to Richmond, next to Williamsburg,
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Siege-of-Yorktown
  • Treaty of Paris

    On september 3rd 1783 the Treaty of Paris happened which was between great britain and American colonies were singed and made Britain recognize American as an independent nation
    https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/treaty-of-paris