American Revolution

Washington and his troops spent the winter of 1777 here

• Bunker Hill

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776

• Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

British victory in Charlestown, Massachusetts

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

British soliders

• Hessians

• Continental Army

• Redcoats

• Prussians

Last major battle of the American Revolution

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

Formally recognize the United States as an independent nation

• The Constitution

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

German soliders hired by the British

• Continental Army

• Hessians

• Prussians

• Redcoats

Warned the colonists that the British were coming

• George Washington

• John Jay

• Baron von Stueben

• Paul Revere

Thomas Paine published this pamphlet in 1776

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

Surprise attack on the British on Christmas Day in 1776

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Philadelphia

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton