April 19, 1775- "The Shot Heard 'Round the World." This is the start of the American Revolution.

Location of the Continental Congress.

Leader of the British army at the start of the American Revolution.

After Lexington and Concord, the British retreat to this city, and are surrounded by the Patriot militia. Eventually the British are forced to evacuate.

Boston bookstore owner who brought the canons and ammunition from Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army in Boston. He then became Washington's chief artillery officer, and the nation's 1st Secretary of War.

May, 1775, Patriot forces capture this fort in New York without firing a shot, and take British canons and ammunition.

Leader of the Green Mountain Boys.

June, 1775- This is the second battle of the American Revolution. The British claim victory after suffering many casualties. The Americans are forced to retreat when they run out of ammunition.

Leader of the Continental Army.

The plantation home of George Washington, located in Virginia.

2nd leader of the British army in America. He was sent to replace the original commander who was sent back to England.

This promised freedom to any slave willing to fight for the British army.

A professional soldier hired by a foreign army.

German soldiers that fought for the British in the American Revolution.

Location of many early British victories. The Continental Army is forced to retreat, and barely escape capture.

The last American fort on the Hudson River, captured by the British in November of 1776, giving them full control of the Hudson River.

The Continental Army make two surprise attacks on British forts in this state. This helps to motivate the Patriots, who had been badly beaten up to this point.

A pamphlet series written by Thomas Paine to motivate the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

The code-name of Washington's secret plan to cross the Delaware River into Trenton, NJ, and launch a surprise attack on Christmas night, 1776.