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Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle was the first open armed fight between the colonial militias and the British. It showed that the colonies could overcome the British force. The victors were the colonial militias. -
The Battle of Bunker HIll
In this battle the British launched 3 waves against the colonists, who later ran out of ammunition. The British won the bunker in the third assault but at a heavy loss of life. -
Battle of Trenton, NJ
George Washington led 2,400 men across the Delaware River to surround the Hessian troops. This was a brief battle and a major morale booster for the Continental Army, who was the victor. -
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
The siege of Fort Ticonderoga was an upsetting event in which 3,000 men of the Continental Army were forced to retreat by the 8,000 men of the British army. This was a sign of British strength in Colonial America. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga is regarded as the turning point in the war. With the capture of British General Burgoyne, the French joined the war on the Continental Army's side. -
The Siege of Charleston
The siege of Charleston is a first step in the British campaign to take the South. During the siege, Sir Henry Clinton led 14,000 British troops in an assault against General Benjamin Lincoln and his 5,000 troops of the Continental Army. The siege ended with the surrender of Loncoln's 5,000 troops resulting in a heavy blow for the colonists. -
The Battle of King's Mountain
The Battle of King's Mountain was a substantial victory for the militiamen in which they suprise attacked retreating Loyalists led by Patrick Ferguson. With Ferguson and his Loyalist militia dead, Lord Cornwallis was forced to abandon his plan to invade North Carolina. -
Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was also a major American victory which resulted in the slaughter and later surrender of a large British group led by Tarleton by much less militiamen led by Morgan. The battle was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution in which Washington marched the Contintental Army, stationed in New York, onto Cornwallis' camp in Yorktown. The Battle lasted with three weeks of shelling upon the British troops and on October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrendered the British army, effectively ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain.
