American Revolution Battles- Francisco Arcos P7

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Commanding British officers: Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairn, Lord Percy
Militia: Barrett, Buttrick, Robinson
Importance: first battles of the revolutionary war, fighting for supplies (gun powder and weapons)

Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

British Commanders: John Burgoyne, Arthur St. Clair, William Phillips
Militia: Ethan Allen, Colonel Benedict Arnold
Importance: Benedict Arnold from Massachusetts and Ethan Allen from Vermont joined their forces and attacked the British military base. Took large amounts of munitions.

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

British Commanders: Gen. Thomas Gage, Gen. William Howe
Militia: Colonel William Prescott
Importance: Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost

Battle of Trenton/Princeton

Dec 25, 1776

British Commander: Colonel Johann Rall
Continental Commmander: George Washington
Importance: The Hessian army was crushed in Washington's raid across the Delaware River.

Saratoga

Oct 7, 1777

British Commanders: Burgoyne
Militia: Gen. Benedict Arnold
Importance: major turning point, brings French into war

Siege of Charleston

Mar 29, 1780

Commanders: Gen. Sir Henry Clinton

Militia: Major Gen. Benjamin Lincoln
Importance: Bad American loss, British shifted their focus to the American Southern Colonies.

King’s Mountain

Oct 7, 1780

British Commander: Major Patrick Ferguson
Militia: Colonel William Campbell
Importance: turning point in America's War for Independence. The victory of rebelling American Patriots over British Loyalist troops completely destroyed the left wing of Cornwallis' army.

Yorktown

Oct 19, 1781

British Commander: Cornwallis
Militia: George Washington
Importance:British surrender to Washington, ended the American Revolutionary War