1. The Continentals
   1. Advantages
   2. Disadvantages
   3. Generals
      1. George Washington
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
      2. Horatio Gates
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
      3. Henry Knox
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
      4. Alexander Hamilton
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
      5. General Rochambeau
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
2. The British
   1. Advantages
   2. Disadvanatges
   3. Generals
      1. Gentlemen Johnny Burgoyne
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
      2. General William Howe
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
      3. General Charles Cornwallis
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
      4. Colonel Banastre Tarleton
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
      5. General Henry Clinton
         1. Major Engagements:
         2. Significance:
3. The
   1. Lexington and Concord
      1. April, 1775.
      2. Massachusetts Bay in Boston, MA.
      3. American "Minute Men" and British soldiers.
      4. The British soldiers becoming outnumbered and surrounded by twenty thousand armed "Minute Men".
      5. The Continentals.
      6. Led to the Second Continental Congress meeting on May 10th, 1775. Adopted the measures to raise money and create an army and a navy. Leads to the drafting of George Washington.
   2. Bunker Hill
      1. June, 1775.
      2. Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill) in Boston, MA.
      3. American and British forces.
      4. The preceding captures of the Ticonderoga and Crown Point garrisons on the May of 1775, in upper New York. The British's frontal attack on the Americans' retreat, eventually leading to the Americans' abandoning the hill.
      5. The British.
      6. The Continental Congress adopted the Olive Branch Petition in order to prevent future hostilities between the Crown and the Americas. The petition was rejected by King George (III), who then proclaimed that the colonies were in rebellion on August, 1775.
   3. Long Island
      1. August, 1776.
      2. Long Island, Brooklyn.
      3. George Washington's troops and the large British fleet from July, 1776.
      4. George Washington's troops were outnumbered and outgeneraled by the large British fleet. George Washington managed to escape northward, ending up at the Delaware River.
      5. The British.
      6. George Washington eventually recrossed the Delaware River on December 26th, 1776: where he captured the Hessians (German troops) at Trenton.
4. Main
   1. Valley Forge
      1. September, 1777.
      2. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
      3. The American Continental Army and George Washington.
      4. Turned the American Army into a proper army, along with camping near the British army during the winter of 1777.
      5. No battle, just training.
      6. The time that the American Continental Army camped at Valley Forge until 1778, George Washington managed to train the troops into a true organized army.
   2. Trenton
      1. December, 1776.
      2. Trenton, New Jersey.
      3. George Washington, the Continental Army, and Hessian troops.
      4. The Continental Army, under Washington's command, had managed to use the element of surprise in order to overpower the Hessian troops.
      5. The Colntinentals.
      6. After capturing the remaining Hessian soldiers and their supplies, Washington believed that the best course of action after their victory was to return to their camps. Because the army exceeded his expectations, Washing began to plan for the future conflict at Princeton.
5. Battles
   1. Princeton
      1. Year:
      2. Place:
      3. Key People Involved:
      4. Key Events:
      5. Winner:
      6. Significance:
   2. Saratoga
      1. Year:
      2. Place:
      3. Key People Involved:
      4. Key Events:
      5. Winner:
      6. Significance:
   3. Yorktown
      1. Year:
      2. Place:
      3. Key People Involved:
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      5. Winner:
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