1. EARLY BATTLES OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION

2. Timeline of Events of the War
Battle of Lexington & Concord April 19, 1775
Fort Ticonderoga May 10, 1775
Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775
Common Sense, Feb 14,1776
Siege of Charleston, June 1776
Declaration, July 1776
Battles for New York – August – October, 1776
Trenton, December 26, 1776
Princeton, January 2, 1777
Saratoga, September 1777
2nd Saratoga, October 1777
Valley Forge, Dec – June 1778
France joins the war against Britain, February 6, 1778

3. Bonhomme Richard In Battle With H.M.S. Serapis
The American Revolutionary War was fought mainly on land and won mainly on the water.
So great was the dependence of the colonists on overseas trade that many in England believed that the rebellion could be suppressed by naval force alone.

4. BATTLE OF TRENTON
Washington Crossing the Delaware
December 26, 1767

5. HESSIANS; Continentals re-up
The Continental Army by using surprise as their greatest weapon captured between 900 and 1,000 prisoners and took over Trenton.
Only four Patriots were wounded and their wounds were not severe.
Feeling victorious, the Continental Army continued later that night towards Princeton, New Jersey and again took their enemy by surprise.

6. Burgoyne’s Plan
Capture the Hudson River Valley, thereby cutting New England off from the rest of the country,squeezing it to death.
sail down Lake Champlain and recapture Fort Ticonderoga. head through the forest to try and attack the Americans.
Burgoyne was only traveling 22 miles, but it took him 20 days to cover it because he had 600 wagons going through the forest and the muddy marsh with him.
Over 30 of them were carrying his own personal baggage because even in the wilderness, Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne ate off of silver plates. This gave the Americans time to prepare for the British.
When the British got to Saratoga, their 6,000 man army was outnumbered and after a fierce battle, they lost.
Shortly after, the French decided to help the American cause for freedom.
These were the two major turning points in the war, which turned it in America's favor.

7. WHAT WERE THE TWO MAJOR TURNING POINTS OF THE WAR?
American victory at Saratoga
French entrance into the war to help the Americans

9. General Burgoyne Surrenders
The battles of Saratoga (1777), also known as the Saratoga campaign, helped decide the outcome of the American Revolution. The campaign, fought in upstate New York, permanently ended British hopes of dividing the colonies along the Hudson River.

10. BENEDICT ARNOLD
Benedict Arnold, b. Norwich, Conn., Jan. 14, 1741, was an American Revolutionary general and America's most infamous traitor traitor.

11. Arnold Leading the Charge at Freeman's Farm
During the second battle of Saratoga on Oct. 7, 1777, Arnold led a headlong charge, captured a key redoubt, was again wounded, and made the British surrender inevitable. One of his soldiers called Arnold "as brave a man as Ever lived."

12. ARNOLD’S TREASON
His bitterness, along with a need for money to pay heavy debts, led Arnold to negotiate with the British. He conceived a plan to betray West Point, a post that he commanded
His attempted treachery was revealed when John Andre (left), a British major, was captured in September 1780 carrying Arnold's message. Arnold escaped to the enemy lines and was commissioned a brigadier general in the British army. For his property losses, he claimed and was paid about $10,000

13. Washington’s Winter Headquarters

14. The People of Valley Forge
There were 12,000 men and women of the Continental Army in Valley Forge on during the winter of 1777.
The Commander-in-Chief was General George Washington.
It was a difficult time for them.
There wasn't enough food or shelter from the weather.
They had lost battles at Brandywine in September and Germantown in October.
They were discouraged and wondered if they could even win the war.
The men were as young as eleven and as old as 60. Most of the soldiers were white, but there were some blacks and Indians. There were even some foreigners there who helped the soldiers.
2,000 died; the others stayed at their posts

15. THE NAVAL WAR
An important factor, and one not always remembered, was that the Continental Congress relied heavily on aid from abroad. Aid which included not only muskets and powder, but ultimately ships and men as well.
This aid could only be brought to American shores by water, and to do it required a sea power to counterbalance that of England. The struggle for North America was fought not only at Trenton, Monmouth,and Saratoga, but also in the cold, gray seas off Ushant; off Cadiz, and in the shadows of grim Gibralter and in the tropical waters of the West Indies