Revolutionary War Assessment Joseph Student Period X

Lexington April 19, 1775, colonial militia known as the minutemen led by John Parker met British forces commanded by Francis Smith. In the exchange of gunfire, eight colonists are killed. These are the first shots fired in the war. Fascinating fact: The first shot is known as the “shot heard ‘round the world”

Treaty of Paris Signed September 3, 1783. As a result, America gains independence, and lands west of the Appalachians to the Mississippi River, and from the Great Lakes to Florida. Fascinating fact: Future President John Adams was one of America’s negotiators.