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1776

1776. The British evacuation of Boston 17 th March 1776. [Engraving by J. Godfrey, Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library]. Washington observing the British evacuation of Boston. [Water color by Frank T. Merrill, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company].

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1776

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  1. 1776

  2. The British evacuation of Boston 17th March 1776. [Engraving by J. Godfrey, Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library]

  3. Washington observing the British evacuation of Boston. [Water color by Frank T. Merrill, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company]

  4. Declaration of Independence4th July 1776 [Painting “Drafting of the Declaration of Independence” by J. L. G. Ferris, Smithsonian Institution]

  5. [Painting by Johannes Oertel, New York Historical Society]

  6. [Image source: The Revolutionary War by Bart McDowell, page 86.]

  7. [Engraving by John C. McRae after a painting by F.A. Chapman, Library of Congress.]

  8. Benedict Arnold was the most aggressive American commander in the early days of the war. [Image source: http://www.historiclakes.org/Valcour/Valcour.html]

  9. Burgoyne St. Leger Howe

  10. He began building a naval force on Lake Champlain to thwart a British invasion from Canada. [National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, Vermont

  11. The Battle of Valcour Island is one of the most important battles of the war. [Image source: http://www.historiclakes.org/graphics/valcour-crabisland06.jpg]

  12. The British won the battle, but their invasion was delayed for an entire year. [Image source: http://www.historiclakes.org/Valcour/Valcour.html]

  13. Map of Long Island Campaign

  14. The Battle of Long Island [Engraving by James Smillie after a painting by Alonzo Chappel, from “Battles of the United States” by Henry E. Dawson]

  15. [Color engraving by Francois Xavier Habermann, Library of Congress]

  16. [From “Cassell’s History of the United States” by Edmund Ollier]

  17. [Image source: The Revolutionary War by Bart McDowell, page 103.]

  18. [Painting by Alonzo Chappel, Chicago Historical Society

  19. 1777

  20. [The Dietrich Brothers Americana Corporation]

  21. [Image source: The Revolutionary War by Bart McDowell, page 117]

  22. [Image source: http://history.acusd.edu/gen/filmnotes/mohicanpics.html]

  23. “The Scalping of Jane McCrea” by John Vanderlyn [Painting by John Vanderlyn, Wadsworth Atheneum]

  24. Surrender of General Burgoyne [“Surrender of General Burgoyne” by John Trumball (1756-1843)]

  25. [Painting by William L. Trego, Valley ForgeHistorical Society]

  26. [Image source: http://www.historicprints.com/45.htm]

  27. 1778

  28. [Image source: The Revolutionary War by Bart McDoewll, page 142.]

  29. 1779

  30. [Archives of American Art, Detroit]

  31. General “Mad Anthony” Wayne [Detail of Lunette by Constantino Brumidi, United States Capitol]

  32. Captain John Paul Jones [Painting by Ferdinand de Brackeleer, collection of Hugh S. Watson, Jr.]

  33. [Painting by Sir Richard Paton, United States Naval Academy Museum]

  34. “I have not yet begun to fight!” [Painting by F. C. Yohn, Continental Insurance Company]

  35. 1780

  36. [Visitor Center, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, North Carolina]

  37. [Detail of lithograph after the original by Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant, United States Military Academy]

  38. [Photograph by James Holland, National Geographic Staff]

  39. [Daughters of the American Revolution Museum]

  40. Banastre Tarleton [Painting by Sir JoshuaReynolds, The National Gallery, London]

  41. [Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library]

  42. 1781

  43. [Painting by Louis-Charles Auguste Couder, Musee de Versailles]

  44. 1782

  45. 1783

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