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Lexington and Concord
The fist shot of the war was fired there.No one knew fired it and was nicknamed "Shot Heard Round the world". -
Fort Ticonderoga
Click to learn more.No one was killed in this battle. Only one American was captured. -
Bunkers (Breed's) hill
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The patriots lost but they learned to hide behind stuff to keep safe. -
Saratoga (Bemis Heights)
General Burgoyne captured both American forts which barred his progress up the Hudson River. -
Savannah
General Robert Howe made a feeble attempt to defend the city. Howe was forced to retire to S. Carolina. -
Charleston
Under cover of fog, British crossed Ashley River & established themseleves on Charleston Neck. -
Cowpens
Turning point in the reconquest of south Carolina from the British. -
Yorktown
American and French Forces beat General Cornwallis.
Last major land battle of the revolutionary war.