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- At dawn on April 19th, some 700 British soldiers arrived in Lexington and approached 77 militiamen gathered in the town and demanded they put their hands up. The outnumbered militiamen had been ordered by their commander to disperse when a shot was fired. To this day we don't know what side fired first but it was enough for both sides to shoot at each other but when the smoke cleared 8 colonists lay dead and 9 more injured while only 1 British soldier was down but eventually American colonists won killing about 250 redcoats.
- Throw down your arms! Ye villains ye rebels
- It was a hot day on June 28th, 1778 when General George Washington and his subordinate Charles Lee , attacked rearguard elements of general Henry Clinton's British army. Although the American army outnumbered its foe two-to-one Valley Forge Lee who launched the initial attack lacked confidence in the ability of the Continental soldiers under his command and a battle broke out. While Americans lost 600 soldiers and British lost 700. The results of the battle are inconclusive.
- Tired of being under British control the colonists and the French wage war against Great Britain for their independence and freedom. While both sides faced great loss the Colonists and the French wom the war.
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