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Battle of Lexington & Concord
On the night of April 18th, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes warned the colonists that the British were coming. The minutemen were outnumbered, but they did the best they could. In the end, the colonists had defeated the British. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
On May 10th, 1775, Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen attacked the British at Fort Ticonderoga. They looted the personal belongings of the garrison. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June 16th, 1775, the British had won the Battle of Bunker Hill. Although they won, they realized it would be neither quick or easy to defeat the Americans. -
Battle of Long Island
On August 17, 1776 the British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. Washington’s defeat could have led to the surrender of his army, but instead allowed him to escape and keep fighting. -
Battle of Trenton
On December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey on the Delaware River, the Battle of Trenton took place. The battle was won by Washington and his American troops. -
Battle of Saratoga
From September 19 to October 7,1777, the Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. -
Battle at Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was a battle fought by the Continental Army forces in South Carolina against the British Army on January 17, 1781. -
Battle of Yorktown
From September 28, 1781 to October 19, 1781, the Battle of Yorktown took place. The result of this war was a decisive Franco-American victory.
