Chapter+8+Notes-


 * April 17th, 1775-Battle at Lexington and Concord- 20,000 Minute-Men surrounded Boston swarming British troops
 * May 10th, 1775- SecondContinental met
 * told to raise money and create an army and navy
 * on brink of all-out war with England
 * Washington in charge of Mintue-Men
 * 1775- Americans captured British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point
 * 1775-Battle of Bunker Hill
 * colonists gave up position for time (150 Patriots dead)
 * 1775- king george III formally proclaims the colonists in rebellion
 * 1775- colonists failed to invade Canada
 * 1776 Paine's __Common Sense__ - untied the common people for the common people with the fight for freedom and independence
 * 1776 Franklin's Declaration of independence- tells George III what was at fault and how
 * december 26, 1776, Battle of Trenton- Washington surprised and captured a thousand Hessians who were sleeping off their Christmas celebration
 * 1777 battle of brandywine- african americans fought in
 * 1777 battle of Germantown- general Howe defeated Washington
 * 1777 battle of Saratoga- Burgoyne forced to surrender command (october 17th, 1777) to American general Hornatio Gates
 * 1778 formation of french-american alliance
 * 1778 battle of monmouth- leads to red coats being attack and killed off, but Washington held strong
 * 1778-79 Clark's victories in the West
 * 1781 battle od king's mountain- american riflemen wiped outa british detachment
 * 1781 battle of cowpens- battle in the Carolina's very gruesome and colonists won
 * 1781 Greene leads carolina campaigne
 * 1781 French and American force Cornwalls to surrender at Yorktown
 * 1782 north's ministry collapses in Britain
 * 1783 treaty of paris- franklin, john jay and john admas instructed Congress to mak a no separate peace and to consult with their French allies at all stages of negoiagtion
 * 1784 treaty of fort stanwix-french and american bound themselves against war until US had fully secured freedom and both come to terms with common enemy