State Capitals by Revolutionary Events

The Sons of Liberty threw crates of tea into this capital’s harbor.

George Washington crossed the icy Delaware River to attack Hessian mercenaries stationed in this future state capital.

To avoid British raids, the state capital moved here from Newcastle in 1777. It would eventually be the first state capital to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Benedict Arnold used this state capital's predecessor, Fort Western, as a staging area to go up the Kennebec and attack Quebec.

The siege of this previous state capital marked the worst defeat the Americans suffered in the war, with 5,466 soldiers captured. The capital relocated after the war and should not be confused with the modern state capital that shares the name.

The failed _____ Plan of the Union was proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 was proposed at this capital.

The “shot heard round the world” was not fired in this capital city, but rather in a town in Massachusetts that shares its name. Don't confuse the two!

The British captured the old capital, New Bern, in 1781. This led to the establishment of a planned city designed specifically to be the capital.

Patrick Henry exclaimed, “Give me liberty or give me death!” in a church in this capital.

Settled in 1779, this capital was named in honor of Revolutionary General Francis Nash.

The Paris Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War was signed in this coastal capital, while it briefly served as the national capital.

Governor Juan Batista de Anza sets out from this capital with 573 men in 1779 to attack the Comanche in an entirely different war.

This capital was temporarily renamed "Louisburg" in 1786 because of King Louis XVI's help in the Revolutionary War, but the largest landholder demanded the name revert to his father's namesake.

In 1774, militiamen attacked a Mingo village, destroying the indigenous community at the fork of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, the future location of this capital.

The British revenue schooner HMS Gaspee ran aground near this state capital. Colonists seized and burned the ship in 1772, an early act of violent resistance in the leadup to the revolution.

General Washington and French General Rochambeau met in this capital to plan an attack on British General Cornwallis's army that was stationed 500 miles south, in Yorktown, Virginia.