AMERICAN REVOLUTION

BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

• June 16, 1775
• America Won!
• George Washington was leading for America.
• William Howe was leading for Britain.
• First major battle of revolution and showed that we could fight

COMMON SENSE

BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

BATTLE OF TRENTON

• America won on December 26, 1776
• Washington: American an leader.
• Gave Americans new hope

BATTLE OF PRINCETON

• America won... Jan. 2, 1777
• Washington (American leader)
• Charles Cornwallis (Britain leader)
• This also gave them new hope

BATTLE AT BENNINGTON

BATTLE OF SARATOGA

• October 17, 1777 America won
• John Burgoyne fought as a British leader
• This ended British threat
• Convinced the French to help the colonists

FRANCE BECOMES ALLIES

VINCENNES

WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE

BENEDICT ARNOLD

KING MOUNTIAN

BATTLE AT YORKTOWN

• Charles Cornwallis was British leader
• Us Americans forced British to surrender
• We did this be trapping them on a peninsula

TREATY OF PARIS