Key events Flashcards
The battle of Bunker Hill
June 1775
Even though the British succeedednon in the driving off the militia, the attack is a disaster for them and they discover that Americans will not simply run away when they got attacked.
The battle of Trenton
Christmas,1776
After the initial succes in driving the British army out of Boston, Washington tried to defend N.Y.C where the British army relocated
The battle of Saratoga
October,1777
Actually t was a series of battles that ultimately wears down the British army especially through American guerrilla shapes shooters systematically picking off it’s Indian guides and many of the British officers.
Washington keeps the army intact
This part of the revolution is not an event but rather the achievement accomplish by George Washington during the years between 1777 and 1781
The most difficult time is perhaps in winter of 1777/78 when the arm is in winter quarters at valley forge, Pennsylvania because the army has little food or supplies. As an example soldiers go without shoes, a smallpox epedimic kills many people.
Yorktown the final victory
October 1781
The shot heard round the world
April 1775
Opening action of the war at concord and Lexington in massachusetts colony