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Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first strike in the American Revolution and took place in Massachusetts. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill was also known as Breed's Hill. More than 1,000 British died or were wounded. -
Battle of Long Island
The Battle of Long Island was also known as The Battle of Brooklyn or The Battle of Brooklyn Heights. -
Battle of Trenton
Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
This war took place at Fort Ticonderoga in New York. All 78 British soldiers that attacked were captured. -
Battle of Saratoga
Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth also known as The Battle of Monmouth Courthouse was an important American Revolutionary War battle, fought at Monmouth, New Jersey on June 28th, 1778. It was here that the Americans intercepted the British forces who were trekking from Philadelphia. -
Battle At Cowpens
This was a battle between Patriots served under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and British troops served Sir Banastre Tarleton. The British sent 1,100 troops against the Patriots, who sent 2,000 troops. -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, leading a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, starts the Battle of Yorktown against General Lord Charles Cornwallis with an army of 9,000 British soldiers at Yorktown, Virginia
