6. The War at Sea
•1775
•British ships were
vulnerable because of
the long jouney from
Britian
7. The War at Sea
•1775
•British ships were
vulnerable because of
the long jouney from
Britian
•Most patriot ships
were either captured
or sunk by Britich
warships
11. Fort Ticonderoga
•May, 1775
•Colonists captured
the forts 50 plus
cannons and weapons
•Once the colonists had
possesion of the cannons,
the finally had enough
firepower to take back
Boston
14. Washington Takes Command
•June 15th, 1775
•The Second
Continental Congress
gave command of the
continental army to
Washington.
15. Washington Takes Command
•June 15th, 1775
•The Second
Continental Congress
gave command of the
continental army to
Washington.
•Chosen for
his “command
presence.”
27. Crossing the Delaware
•December 25th, 1776
•Washington and
his troops took
around 1,000
Hessians prisoner.
•The colonists were
forced to attack with
baonets because of
the cold weather
conditions.
31. The Turning Point
•October, 1777
•The British
surrendered over 6,00
troops at Saratoga,
New York.
•With the American
victory, the Fench
joined the war on the
colonists side.
38. War in the West and South
•1778-1780
•The patriots
captured over 1,000
of Cornwallis’s men
39. War in the West and South
•1778-1780
•The patriots
captured over 1,000
of Cornwallis’s men
•Even though the
British won, they
suffered so many losses
they were forced to
retreat
44. Yorktown
•October 6th, 1781
•Over 16,000 patriot
troops surrounded
Yorktown
•General Cornwallis
surrendered over
8,000 troops
•This marked the end
of the Revolutionary
War
