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lexington and concord
Location:lexington and concord,massachusetts
american leaders:capt.parker/cal.barret.
british leaders:col.smith/maj.pitcarin
american casualties:95
british casualties:273
The patrots won the battle and the british went back to boston to care for their wounds.First shots of the revlution were fired there.This event is sometimes referred to the" shot heard around the world". -
Bunker {breeds hill}
location:charleston,massachusetts
american casualties 415-440
british casualties 1000+
american leaders prescott/warren
british leaders howe
first offical battle of the american revolotion.
Technically the britsh won the control og the hill,but several days later the patrots got the hill back because of sever casualties.it was a bloody battle. -
charleston
location:charleston,south carolina.
american casualties:240.
british casualties:0.
american leaders:gen. benjamin lincoln.
british leaders:lt. general henry clinton.
the first attempt by the british to capture charleston was stopped by the tides and the resilience of the palmetto log fort that became knowen as fort moultrie.
the british were successful the sencound time around.
the port of charleston ,south carolina was under siege by the british for maney days. -
cowpens
location cowpens south carolina
american casualties 72
british casualties 315
american leaders birg. gen. daniel morgan
british leaders lt.col. banastre tarleton
it is a important battle in south carolina.it showed the cooperation og the regular continental army and the irregular partisan forces. -
Yorktown
Location:yorktown,virginia
american casualties:369
british casualties:387
american leaders :gen. washington
britsh leaders:gen.cornwallis
Final battle of the war.
the french navy assistied gen.george washington and his army by blockading the harbor.
the blockad prevented british ships from entering the hardor.
the british army camped in virgina waiting for transport to winter quarters from escaping.
surrounded by american and french forces ,the british were defeated and surrendered. -
saratoga
location:freemans farm outside saratoga,new york bemis
american casualties 800
british casualties1600 and 6000 capture.
american leaders gen.horatio gates
british leaders gen.john burgoune
the turning point of the war for the american patriots.
american fores defeated the british in their attempt to split the colonies at the hudson river.
because of this victory the french were willing toenter into an alliance with the americans which brought both fiancial aid and the help of the french navy.
