Just going off memory!!
Answer:
- Battle of Long Island (Continental army retreats) ( August 26,1776)
- Washington leads troops across Delaware River and captures Trenton (December 25-26, 1776)
- British troops capture Philadelphia (September 26, 1777)
- Americans defeat British at Battle of Saratoga. (October 7, 1777)
- France signs an alliance with the Americans. (February 6, 1778)
- Charles Cornwallis captures Charles Town, South Carolina. (March 1780)
- British surrender Yorktown (October 19, 1781)
- Two sides sign the Treaty of Paris. (September 3, 1783)
What is the history of the American Revolution?
The British government discontinued its policy of salutary neglect, which allowed the colonies to manage their own affairs, after the French and Indian War, which occurred in 1763. In order to pay off debts, Parliament passed a number of new Acts that aimed to increase tax collection in the colonies, reduce smuggling, and promote closer commerce that benefitted Britain. Because they felt they had no voice in Parliament but yet had to abide by their regulations, colonists did not appreciate these new legislation.
The Tea Act, which was approved in 1773, permitted the East Indian Company to sell directly to the colonies, lowering tea costs and helping them avoid bankruptcy. Colonists plundered three ships and spilled tea into Boston Harbor as a show of defiance. Massachusetts suffered severe penalties as a result of the Intolerable Acts, including the dissolution of their colonial legislature in 1774.
The Massachusetts Provincial Congress was established in response and started carrying out resistance actions. As the British military presence in the colonies grew, the colonies started arming and raising militias. British troops were given the order to proceed to Concord in 1775 and seize any military supplies possessed by insurgents. At Lexington, the Minutemen, a militia prepared to be ready to combat at a moment's notice, confronted the British but were driven back. But as the British returned to Boston, which had been besieged, supplies could be delivered and more militia were recruited to fight in Concord.
The "shot heard around the world" at Lexington in 1775 was the catalyst for it to occur. These two parties of armed men engaged in fight and blood was spilled, unlike the Boston Massacre of 1770. While still preparing for war, the Second Continental Congress attempted to see if peace could be achieved. However, once Britain declared the colonies to be in rebellion, war was decided upon.
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- Eddie