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Battle of Lexignton and Concord
British Commanders:
-Francis Smith
-John Pitcairn
-Hugh Percy Patriots:
-John Parker
-James Barrett
-John Buttrick
-William Heath
-Joseph Warren
-Isaac Davis Strategic importance:
-the patriots received word of Brits transporting gunpowder between Lexington and Concord -
Battle at Fort Ticonderoga
Patriot Commanders:
-Benedict Arnold
-Ethan Allen British Commander:
-William Delaplace Strategic importance:
-cannons and other looted items were sent back to Boston -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Patriot Commanders:
-Israel Putnam
-William Prescott
-Joseph Warren
-John Stark British Army Commanders
-William Howe
-Sir Robert Pigot
-James Anercrombie
-Henry Clinton British Royal Navy Commanders:
-Samuel Graves
-John Pitcairn Strategic Importance:
-Americans learned that the British were planning to fortify the hills making Bunker Hill -
Battle of Trenton/Princeton
Patriot Commanders:
-George Washington
-Hugh Mercer British Commanders:
-Charles Mawhood
-Charles Cornwallis Strategic Importance:
-the victory at Princeton increased morale among the American ranks -
Battles of Saratoga
Patriot Commanders:
-Horatio Gates
-Benedict Arnold
-Benjamin Lincoln
-Enoch Poor
-Ebenezer Learned
-Daniel Morgan British Commanders:
-John Burgoyne
-Simon Fraser
-F.A. Riedesel Strategic Importance:
-Burgoyne surrenders his whole army on October 17 -
Siege of Charleston
British Commanders:
-Sir Henry Clinton
-Mariot Arbuthnot
-Charles Cornwallis Patriot Commanders
-Benjamin Lincoln Strategic Importance:
-Charleston was surrendered to the British -
Battle of King's Mountain
British Commanders:
-Patrick Ferguson
-Abraham DePeyster Patriot Commanders:
-James Johnston
-William Campbell
-John Sevier
-Frederick Hambright
-Joseph McDowell
-Benjamin Cleveland
-James Williams
-Isaac Shelby
-Joseph Winston
-William Chronicle Strategic Importance:
-decisive victory for patriots, the battle was a pivotal moment in the Southern campaign -
The Battle of Yorktown
British Commanders:
-Charles Cornwallis Surrendered
-Charles O'Hara
-Thomas Symonds Patriot Commanders:
-George Washington
-Marquis De Lafayette
-Comte de Rochambeau
-Comte de Grasse Strategic Importance:
-Surrender of British General Cornwallis' army