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Battle of Lexington and Concord
At dawn, the redcoats approached Lexington.They ran into about 70 waiting minutemen led by captain john Parker. The minutemen stood in town common with muskets in hand. Then a shot was fired from where is still not clear both sides let loose and exchange of bullets.then British continued to concord. Then the British met a group of minutemen at the north bridge.Then the British begin to make their way back to Boston. All along the road the, colonist hid behind trees and fired on the soldiers. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the redcoats assembled at breed's hill. bayonets drawn the charged. then the Americans opened fired forcing the British to retreat. Than the Americans ran out of gunpowder and had to withdraw. Than the British won but yet they suffered heavy losses of more than 1,000. -
Battle of Long Island
20,000 soldiers joined the patriot army under George Washington. The two sides clashed in the battle of long island in late august 1776. The British badly defeated the outnumber continental army. Nathan hale disguised himself as a dutch schoolteacher and went to spy on the British troops. Than the British won the war. -
Battle of Trenton
The main British force was in new York. And the British left some troops in Princeton and Trenton and new jersey. Washington was camped in Pennsylvania across the Delaware river. Than on Christmas night 1776, Washington led 2,400 troops across the icy river to surprise the enemy. Than Washington marched to Princeton. -
Battle of Saratoga
In July General Burgoyne's army captured Fort Ticonderoga but he needed supplies. Than General Burgoyne sent force to a American supply base. Than a local militia group, the Green Mountain Boys, defeated them. Than Burgoyne's army retreated to Saratoga, New York. Than Burgoyne made a desperate attack on October 7. Than On October 17, 1777, General Burgoyne surrendered. -
Battle of Monmouth
Washington order Charles Lee to attack the Brittish rear. Lee decided to surrender a small force but was surprised by the presence of Lord Cornwallis and his forces. Lee decided to retreat. When Washington showed up he was surprised to see his men retreating in caos. Washington organized and ordered his men to attack. The largest artillery duel of the war ensued. Late afternoon the fighting stopped. The Brittished fleed under the cover of darkness. -
Battle of Cowpens
Brilliant American victory over a British force on the northern border slowed Lord Cornwallis’s campaign to invade North Carolina. British casualties were estimated at about 600, whereas the Americans lost only 72.North Carolina, the new American commander in the South, Gen. Nathanael Greene, had divided his army and sent a force of 1,000 men under Gen. -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, of 17,000 French and Continental troops begins Yorktown against British General Lord. Than Charles Cornwallis of 9,000 British troops. Than Gorge Washington ordered Marquis de Lafayette and an American army of 5,000 troops to block Cornwallis’ escape from Yorktown by land while the French naval fleet blocked the British escape by sea. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown on October 17, 1781,effectively ending the War for Independence.
