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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Leaders of the Colonial Forces: John Parker, James Barrett, John Buttrick, John Robinson, William Heath, Joseph Warren, Isaac Davis Leaders of the British Forces: Francis Smith, John Pitcairn, Hugh Percy British succeeded in destroying colonial munitions in Concord, but colonial militia pushes Britain’s forces all the way back to Boston, creating a huge increase in American morale. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Colonial Commander: Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold
British Commanders: William Delaplace Cannons and other armaments from the first were turned and used against the British to break the standoff at the Siege of Boston -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonial Leaders:
William Prescott
Israel Putnam
Joseph Warren
John Stark British Leaders:
William Howe
Thomas Gage
Sir Robert Pigot
James Abercrombie
Henry Clinton
Samuel Graves
John Pitcairn -
Battle of Trenton/Princeton
Colonial Leaders: George Washington and Nathanael Greene
Opposing Leader: Johann Rall After George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired re-enlistments. -
Battles of Saratoga
Colonial Leaders: Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, etc.
British Leader: John Burgoyne John Burgoyne leads a large invasion army south from Canada and ends up surrounded by colonial forces. Burgoyne attempts twice to break out of this, and both fail. -
Siege of Charleston
Colonial Leaders: Benjamin Lincoln
William Moultrie
James Hogun
William Woodford
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Abraham Whipple
Louis Duportail British Leaders: Sir Henry Clinton
Lord Cornwallis
Alexander Leslie The Siege of Charleston was a major engagement fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy and their withdrawal from Philadelphia, shifted their focus to the American Southern Colonies. -
Battle of King’s Mountain
Colonial Leaders: William Campbell, James Johnston, John Sevier, etc. British Leaders: Patrick Ferguson, Abraham DePeyster The Battle of King's Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots. The battle has been described as "the war’s largest all-American fight". -
Battle of Yorktown
Colonial Leader: George Washington
British Leader: Lord Cornwallis
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops and French Army troops over the British Army. The siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.
