THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TIMELINE

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

• June 16, 1775
• About 1,200 militiamen set up defenses at Bunker Hill
• Also set up defenses at nearby Breed's Hill
• On the next day, the British stormed the hill
• Patriots lost due to running out of gunpowder

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• July 4, 1776
• Thomas Jefferson wrote the document
• The Second Continental Congress
• Approved the document after
• Making some changes

THE BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRICETON

• December 25, 1776
• Washington and 2,000 troops Crossed the Delaware River
• for a suprise attack on Trenton.
• The British sent troops, but Washington and his men rode
• to Princeton, where they were successful.

THE BATTLE OF SERATOGA

• The British split New England from the Middle Colonies
• by taking control of the Hudson River valley. British
• general John Burgoyne went to Albany, but was surrounded
• by militiamen under General Horatio Gates. Burgoyne was
• forced to surrender.