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Lexington & Concord
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Smith led a detachment of roughly 900 British soldiers to seize military supplies that were being assembled by members Massachusetts, Militia in the town of Concord.
Outcome: The Massachusetts militia inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, and while the British managed successfully to withdraw to Boston, Smith's mission had been a complete failure. -
Bunker Hill
Also known as Breed's Hill was the first major battle of the American Revolution fought in Charlestown.
Outcome: It lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause. -
Long Island
General Howe began sending his forces across the narrow channel that separates Staten Island from Long Island, and within a few days there were over 20,000 British and Hessian troops in Brooklyn.
Outcome: Three days later, under the cover of darkness. Pitman's remaining forces evacuated Long Island to join Washington's army in Manhattan. -
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Trenton & Princeton
Trent- Washington and his Continental Amry managed to slip back into Pennsylvania with British forces in hot pursuit. Princeton- Washington sought to follow up his victory at Trenton by attacking the British in New Jersey before ceasing operations for the winter.
Outcome: Trenton- By noon Washington and his men had withdrawn back across the river into Pennsylvania. Prince-Exploits energized the revolutionary cause, leading some 8,000 new recruits to join the Continental Army in the coming months -
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Saratoga
General Burgoyne dispatched a raiding party of nearly 1,000 Hessian mercenaries to nearby Bennington, Vermont, but the mission ended in disaster when they encounter a larger force of local militia and were forced to surrender.
Outcome: Burgoyne withdrew into the town of Saratoga, but fewer than 6,000 men remaining under his command, he realized that the situation was hopeless. -
Vincenness
George Rogers Clark, a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia, set out to end the British attacks on westerns settlers.
Outcome: George Rogers Clark's victory at Vincennes strengthen the american position in the west. -
Bohomme Richard vs. Serapis
During the American Revolution, the U.S ship Bohomme Richard commended by John Paul Jones win a hard fought engagement against the British ships.
Outcome: (later Jones moved his command to the Serpis) Jones outlasted his adversary and forced a surrender -
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Charlestown
8,000 of Clinton's men sailed from New York to attack Charlestown. By February 1780 there were 14,000 British forces in the area,
Outcome: Clinton returned to New York, leaving the rest of the campaign to his subordinate, General Charles Cornwallis. -
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Guilford Courthouse
Greene received a new detachment of volunteers, bringing his total force to 4,400, although most of the newcomers were untrained and inexperienced militiamen.
Outcome: Cornwallis lost nearly 600 of his men in the engagement--over a quarter of the original force. -
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Yorktown
Although General Cornwallis had been the victor at Guilford Court House, he withdrew afterward to Wilmington, North Carolina.
Outcome: October 17, Cornwallis opened negations with Washington, and two days later he surrendered along with his army. -
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