The Battle of Lexington and Concord- “ The Shot Heard ‘Round the World!”

First Battle of Fort Ticonderoga May 10, 1775

Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture Fort Ticonderoga

Battle of Bunker Hill outside of Boston June 17, 1775 American Commander Israel Putnam: “Don’t fire until you see the white’s of their eyes!”

The Siege of Boston With the guns from Fort Ticonderoga, the Patriots were able to trap the British in Boston and eventually recapture the city.

Thomas Paine- “Common Sense” “ Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART.”

July 4, 1776 America declares it’s independence from Great Britain

Battle of Long Island August 1776

Retreat from New York

Thomas Paine- “The Crisis”: “ THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

Washington Crossing the Delaware: Dec. 25, 1776 The Battle of Trenton

Battle of Princeton: Washington Saves the Day

General John Burgoyne’s Plan to Defeat the Patriots in New York

Battle of Oriskany

Battle of Bennington

Battle of Saratoga: The Turning Point of the War

The Franco-American Alliance

George Rogers Clark and the Western Campaign Kaskaskia and Cahokia March to Vincennes

The Patriots winter at Valley Forge

Baron Von Steuben

British Southern Strategy: The War Shifts After Saratoga

Battle of Camden: Gates Never Commands Again

King’s Mountain: Loyalist Vs. Patriot in the Backcountry

Francis Marion- “The Swamp Fox” Men like him attacked British supply lines and made life for the British miserable as they marched through the south.

Battle of the Cowpens: British Tricked

Battle of Guilford Courthouse

The War at Sea- The USS Bonhomme Richard vs. the HMS Serapis John Paul Jones: “I have not yet begun to fight!”

British Surrender at Yorktown! Americans Win!!!