Paul Revere rides off to Lexington to inform Hancock and Adams!

1. One if by land, two if by sea;And I on the opposite shore will be,Ready to ride and spread the alarmThrough every Middlesex, village and farm,For the country folk to be up and to arm. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2. Paul Revere rides off to Lexington to inform Hancock and Adams!

6. The Shot Heard Round the World April 19th, 1775 – British troops sent to Lexington & Concord to secure the colonists’ weapons depot face-off against 70 minutemen.

7. British troops are harassed all the way back to Boston losing 250 soldiers.

10. An Original something in him that commands admiration.     - George Washington,        speaking about Ethan Allen

11. “Come out of there, you dammed old rat!”

13. Don’t Fire Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes! June17, 1775 – 1st Major Battle at Bunker Hill

15. The Colonists lose the hill but gain a symbolic victory as hundreds of British troops are killed in the attack.

17. One Last Try at Peace Olive Branch Petition

25. To stop the advancing British Army, Benedict Arnold gathered a makeshift flotilla at Whitehall, “The Birth Place of the US Navy.”

27. July 1776, General William Howe arrived at New York with 30,000 Soldiers beginning a cat and mouse game with General George Washington.

32. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." – Nathan Hale

40. "...These are the times that try men's souls…”

41. Christmas Day 1776, Washington Crosses the Delaware River.

42. Washington surprises Hessian troops at Trenton providing a much needed boost to the Continental troops.

44. Washington gains a victory at Princeton to begin campaign of 1777.

46. 1777

47. British force of 7700 men under Gen. John Burgoyne invades from Canada, sailing down Lake Champlain toward Albany, planning to link up with Gen. Howe who will come north from New York City, and General St. Leger marching along the Mohawk, thus cutting off New England from the rest of the colonies.