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

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

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

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

  2. First Battle of Fort Ticonderoga May 10, 1775

  3. Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture Fort Ticonderoga

  4. 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!”

  5. 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.

  6. 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.”

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

  8. Battle of Long Island August 1776

  9. Retreat from New York

  10. 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.”

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

  12. Battle of Princeton: Washington Saves the Day

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

  14. Battle of Oriskany

  15. Battle of Bennington

  16. Battle of Saratoga: The Turning Point of the War

  17. The Franco-American Alliance

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

  19. The Patriots winter at Valley Forge

  20. Baron Von Steuben

  21. British Southern Strategy: The War Shifts After Saratoga

  22. Battle of Camden: Gates Never Commands Again

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

  24. 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.

  25. Battle of the Cowpens: British Tricked

  26. Battle of Guilford Courthouse

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

  28. British Surrender at Yorktown! Americans Win!!!

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