Tuesday, August 17, 2010

What are main events in theAmerican Revolution?

Well there are a lot of events in the American Revolution (believe me I've been looking). I just wanted to know what are some of the MAIN ones, because I only need ten. I'm just asking so that I know what to research futher. If you could just point me to a site, or if you already know some main events your help would be apprieciated.


This is my first time learning about the American Revolution, so I just needed a little bit of help.





Thanks

What are main events in theAmerican Revolution?
1. Battle of Bunker Hill


2. Capture of Fort Ticonderoga


3. Valley Forge


4. Battle of Saratoga


5. Battle of Trenton


6. Escape from New York


7. Morristown


8. Battle of Cowpens


9. Race to the Dan


!0. Battle of Yorktown





These are 10 main events. It is certainly not a complete list. #'s 3 %26amp; 7 were rough winter camps where the Army almost disbanded due to severe conditions.





#9 is interesting in that Cornwallis dumped most of his baggage to be able to move quickly enough to catch the American forces retreating north. The race was 70 miles in the winter. The Americans won and crossed the river, taking the boats with them. The British showed up 6 hours after the Americans were done crossing. Cornwallis was forced to move to Yorktown, where he eventually surrendered.





#6 isn't a battle, but where the British thought they had Washtington's army trapped and he escaped under the cover of darkness - lived to fight another day.





#2 is big because it supplied the American army with its first decent amount of artillery.





I hope this helps.
Reply:Saratoga, Bunkerhill, The Boston Tea Party, The Biritish Seizing of Savannah, Yorktown, The Boston Massacre, The question you ask is rather vague, but I hope this helps you a little. Everyone of the items mentioned above had MAJOR effects on why the war started to how it ended.
Reply:1. Stamp Act ;Sugar Act; Tea Tax; Taxation without Representation


2. Boston Massacre


3. Lexington and Concord


4. Declaration of Independence


5. Valley Forge


6. Battle of Saratoga


7. Battle of Trenton on Christmas 1776


8. French come to our aid due to the diplomacy of Franklin


9. battle of Yorktown in 1781


10. Treaty of Paris in 1783
Reply:Origins


1.1 Taxation without representation


1.2 1765: Stamp Act unites the Colonies in protest


1.3 Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party


1.4 Liberalism and republicanism


1.4.1 Western land dispute


1.5 Crises, 1772–1775


2 Fighting begins at Lexington: 1775


3 Factions: Patriots, Loyalists and Neutrals


3.1 Patriots - The Revolutionaries


3.2 Loyalists and neutrals


3.3 Class differences among the Patriots


3.4 Women


4 Creating new state constitutions


5 Military history: expulsion of the British 1776


6 Independence, 1776


7 War


7.1 British return: 1776-1777


7.2 British attack on the South, 1778-1783


7.3 Treason issue


8 Peace treaty


9 Aftermath of war


9.1 Worldwide influence


9.2 Interpretations


10 National debt


11 See also


12 Bibliography


12.1 Notes


12.2 Reference works


12.3 Surveys


12.4 Specialized studies


12.5 Primary sources


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