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Lexington and concord
Leader general Gage
This battle was the first military engagements of the American Revoulatinary war. -
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Bunker Hill
General William Prescott, General William Howe and General Robert Pigot The british won but the colonists still hit them hard and killed many of the birtish soldiers it gave them a boost -
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Trenton/ Preston (NJ Campanign)
George Washington and Charles Mawhood & Charles Cornwallis Americans destroyed the British Hessian forces and defeated a army in the field -
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Fort Ticonderoga
Lieutenant General John Burgoyne’s 8 k army occupied high ground above fort and nearly surrounded the defences -
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Saratoga
General John Burgoyne & Major General John Burgoyne Colonists won, French saw how the colonists were fighting for independence so they assisted military support -
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Siege of Charleston
Major general Benjamin Lincoln & General Sir Henry Clinton This fight the colonists have suffered the most out of all the wars -
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Kings Mountian
Colonel William Campbell & Major Patrick Ferguson Major convenience booster for the southern portion of Americas war for independence. They destroyed the left wing of Cornwallis Army -
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Yorktown
George Washington & Lord Charles Cornwalls George Washington made the British surrender when the French and Americans surrounded them. They surrendered in Yorktown