The document provides a timeline of key events during the Revolutionary War. It describes how the colonists captured Fort Ticonderoga in 1775, gaining cannons. In 1776, George Washington took command of the colonial army. The British defeated the colonists at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 but the colonists achieved victory at Saratoga in 1777, bringing France into the war on their side. The colonists endured hard conditions at Valley Forge in 1778. Finally, over 16,000 colonial troops surrounded Yorktown in 1781, leading Cornwallis to surrender over 8,000 British troops and end the Revolutionary War.

2. REVOLUTIONARY WAR
TIMELINE

3. REVOLUTIONARY WAR
TIMELINE
Jack Heavey
2A/3B

4. The War at Sea

5. The War at Sea
•1775

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

8. Fort Ticonderoga

9. Fort Ticonderoga
•May, 1775

10. Fort Ticonderoga
•May, 1775
•Colonists captured
the forts 50 plus
cannons and weapons

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

12. Washington Takes Command

13. Washington Takes Command
•June 15th, 1775

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.”

16. Battle of Bunker Hill

17. Battle of Bunker Hill
•June 17th, 1775

18. Battle of Bunker Hill
•June 17th, 1775
•The colonists ran
out of gunpowder
and were forced to
retreat.

19. Battle of Bunker Hill
•June 17th, 1775
•The colonists ran
out of gunpowder
and were forced to
retreat.
•The British
ultimately won
the battle.

20. Early Battles

21. Early Battles
•1776

22. Early Battles
•1776
•Washington had
collected almost 20,000
men around Boston

23. Early Battles
•1776
•Washington had
collected almost 20,000
men around Boston
•Only a retreat across
the Delaware saved
Washington and his army
from the more
experienced British

24. Crossing the Delaware

25. Crossing the Delaware
•December 25th, 1776

26. Crossing the Delaware
•December 25th, 1776
•Washington and
his troops took
around 1,000
Hessians prisoner.

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.

28. The Turning Point

29. The Turning Point
•October, 1777

30. The Turning Point
•October, 1777
•The British
surrendered over 6,00
troops at Saratoga,
New York.

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.

32. Valley Forge

33. Valley Forge
•Winter of 1777-1778

34. Valley Forge
•Winter of 1777-1778
•The colonists were
freezing and starving.

35. Valley Forge
•Winter of 1777-1778
•The colonists were
freezing and starving.
•Over 2,500
American troops
perished.

36. War in the West and South

37. War in the West and South
•1778-1780

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

40. Yorktown

41. Yorktown
•October 6th, 1781

42. Yorktown
•October 6th, 1781
•Over 16,000 patriot
troops surrounded
Yorktown

43. Yorktown
•October 6th, 1781
•Over 16,000 patriot
troops surrounded
Yorktown
•General Cornwallis
surrendered over
8,000 troops

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