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Lexington and Concord
First shots of the Revolution were fired there.
This event is sometimes referred to as the “shot heard round the world” because of the impact of the American revolutionary ideals on other nations For more information please click here -
Fort Ticonderoga
On April 19, 1775 the Revolutionary War had begun with the skirmishing at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts. Once the British detachment retreated to Boston, the Siege of Boston began. As the rebels continued to gather around Boston, they realized that they did not have the munitions or cannon to carry out successful siege or military operations. Click here for more information -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
First official battle of the American Revolution
Significant because of what the Americans learned.
Although the untrained American troops were forced to surrender when they ran out of gunpowder, they inflicted heavy casualties on the British regular army.
The battle demonstrated the power of the Americans fighting from behind rocks and trees on the British formations. For more information please click here -
Quebec
Click here for more informationThe Battle of Quebec was an attempt on December 31, 1775, by American colonial forces to capture the city of Quebec, drive the British military from the Province of Quebec, and enlist French Canadian support for the American Revolutionary War. The British governor of Quebec, General Guy Carleton, could not get significant outside help because the St. Lawrence River was frozen, so he had to rely on a relatively small number of regulars along with local militia that had been raised in the city. -
Long Island (Brooklyn Heights)
Click here for more informationThe British recognized the strategic importance of New York as the focal point for communications between the northern and southern colonies. Washington also recognized this, and in April of 1776 he marched his troops from Boston to New York. He positioned his troops on the western end of Long Island in anticipation of the British arrival. The American outpost of Colonel Edward Hand's sent word that the British were preparing to cross Long Island from Staten Island on August 22, at dawn. -
White Plains
Click here for more informationGeneral George Washington had, early in his chieftaincy, urged upon the Congress the necessity of the establishment of a permanent army, and with prophetic words had predicted the very evils arising from short enlistments and loose methods of creating officers, which now prevailed. While there was a brief lull in active military operations after the battle on Harlem Heights, he again set forth, in graphic pictures, the sad condition of his army, and the importance of a thorough reform and reorga -
Fort Washington
Heavy rains spoiled Maj. Gen, William Howe's planned second attack on the American army near White Plains on October 31. The next day the Americans were found to be apparently well entrenched at North Castle Heights. The rebel earthworks were composed largely of cornstalks pulled from nearby fields, whose roots, full of clinging soil, faced outward. Howe may have been discouraged by these illusory defenses, but his goal remained the complete removal of American troops from Manhattan, not the ann -
The Battle at Saratoga, New York
The turning point of the war for the American Patriots.
American forces defeated the British in their attempt to split the colonies at the Hudson River.
Because of this victory the French were willing to enter into an alliance with the Americans which brought both financial aid and the help of the French navy. For more information please click here -
Monmouth
In May of 1778, The British commander, General Clinton in Philadelphia, faced with a war with France decided it was prudent to protect New York City and Florida. He sent 3000 troops to protect Florida by sea. For more information please click here -
Savannah
The American commander Brigadier General Robert Howe of North Carolina, with only 700 men, made a feeble attempt to defend the city. But with troops in their rear, the American defense was broken. With the loss of well over 550 men, and all the artille. For more information please click here -
Charleston, South Carolina
The first attempt by the British to capture Charleston was stopped by the tides and the resilience of the palmetto log fort that became known as Fort Moultrie
The British were successful the second time around.
The port of Charleston, South Carolina was under siege by the British for many days.
It was attacked by blockading the harbor and cutting off supply lines, until it fell to the British.
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Cowpens
Important battle in South Carolina. Showed the cooperation of the regular Continental Army and the irregular partisan forces.
The partisans led the attack and then fled the field, tricking the British regulars into thinking that the Americans were retreating.
Instead the partisans lured the British forces into range of the regular American army. The British were soundly defeated and retreated northward toward Virgina. <a href='http://<a href='<a href='<a href='http://www.theamericanrevolution. -
Yorktown
Final battle of the war.
The French navy assisted General George Washington and his army by blockading the harbor.
The blockade prevented British ships from entering the harbor
The British army, camped in Virginia waiting for transport to winter quarters, from escaping.
Surrounded by American and French forces, the British were defeated and surrendered. For more information please click here
