American Revolution Key Battles

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  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    Click here for a lot more information!The first shots of the American Revolution were fired. It is refered to the "shot heard round the world."The battle was unplaned. The Brittish soldiers were supposed to go to Concord but, they saw Minutemen in Lexington and went towards them. Tons of brittish soldiers were injured. The Americans used a new kind of war fare called gurilla war fare and, it kind of threw the Brittish soldiers off.

  • Bunkers (Breeds) Hill

    Bunkers (Breeds) Hill
    Click here for more information The battle of Bunkers Hill was the first offical battle of the American Revolution. The British planned to control the Bunkers hill. The Americans built a fort out of the hill. They held the British off twice until they were forced to surrender, because they ran out of ammunition. This battle showed that the Americans would need allies. This battle resulted in British victory.

  • Saratoga

    Saratoga
    The battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the war.It made the French want to be allies with the Americans.This battle it prevented the British from dividing New England from the rest of the colonies. The battle started in Albany where Brittish general John Bergonye found the American army blocking his way. They tried 2 times to break through, but on the 2nd time they went to Saratoga only to find more American troops they surendered. At general John Bergoyne's surrender he offered his

  • Saratoga (continued)

    Saratoga (continued)
    sword to American General Horatio Gates he refused. This battle resulted in an important American victory.click here for more information

  • Charleston

    Click here for more infoThe Colonies lost a lot of equipment.This battle gave the British almost complete control over southern colonies.The British tried to come in by water and capture Charleston.In this battle Fort Moultrie was important.The American general Lincoln was captured along with several other American soliders.In the Brittish prison they were treated horribly

  • Cow Pens

    Cow Pens
    click here for more informationnThis battle was held in South Carolina in a field were farmers kept their cows. Americans tricked the British.They came and fired at British then ran acting like they were retreating. The British soliders chased after them only to run into more American soldiers. The british were out numbered and retreated to Virginia. American General Daniel wanted his men to be scared it would make them fight hard.

  • Yorktown

    <a href='http://multied.com/revolt/Yorktown.html' >Click here This was the last battle of the AmericanR evolution. When the Continental army marched to Yorktown they had no idea where the French, their ally was. Just like in the battle of Charleston the British decided to come by boat. The French Navy went out and blockaded the harbor and prevented the British from coming in by sea. The British were completely surrounded and they surrendered. The captured American soldiers were realsed.