Battles
1st American Victory
Battle of Ticonderoga
Sullivan lost men, but still defeated British
Battle of Rhode Island
Agreed to form Continental Army and print money for supplies
Second Continental Congress
American colonists who fought for freedom
Patriots
Patriots worked all night building a fort in a hill to fight off the British
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was the turning point of the war-Patriots won
Battle of Saratoga
Thomas Paine wrote to convince colonists to fight for freedom
Common Sense
Untrained army gathered together to fight
Militia
Marked the beginning of the war
Battle of Lexington an Concord
They captured Charleston and close to 5,000 American soldiers. The British were now controlling the South
Battle of Charleston
A document signed to officially end the war
Treaty of Paris
Colonists who sided with Britain and supported King George's law
Loyalists
Battled for ten days after Christmas in freezing cold and defeated Hessian's
Battle of Trenton
Patriots raced to trap the British by land and sea
Battle of Yorktown
A final appeal to the king to reconcile with the colonists
Olive Branch Petition
An organization of Patriots who fought for the rights of the colonists
Sons of Liberty
Arnold and Montgomery attacked different walls but British were ready and won
Battle of Qubec
Militias killed or captured all the British soldiers
Battle of Kings Mountain
Document that made Americans free from British rule
Declaration of Independence
Take hold of suddenly with force
Seize