Battles and such

American Revolution

Currency Tax

An implicit, hidden tax created by runaway inflation that devalued the paper money issued by the Continental Congress.

Battle of Long Island

First major engagement of the new continental army against 32,000 British troops; Washingtons army was defeated and were forced to retreat back to Manhattan Island.

Battle of Saratoga

A multistage battle in New York that led to the surrender of British general John Burgoyne. As a result of this battle the “Americans” gained alliance with France’s military.

Valley Forge

A military camp in which Washington and 12,000 of his soldiers and hundreds of camp followers suffered brutal conditions in the winter of 1777-1778. Things like disease and starvation occurred consistently.

Philipsburg Proclamation

Proclamation that declared any slave who deserted from their rebel master would receive protection, freedom, and land from Great Britain.

Battle of Yorktown

The final land battle of the American Revolutionary War, where American and French forces trapped a large British army and forced its surrender in 1781.

Treaty of Paris 1783

The agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War, recognizing American independence and establishing borders for the new nation.