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Battle Of Lexington
Redcoats ran into about 70 minutemen led by Caption John Parker. 8 minutemen died. Some troops buried some of the weapons they found, while the others met a group of minutemen waiting at the North Bridge. The British took a heavy loss, at least 174 were wounded, 73 died. 60 years later a guy named Ralph Waldo Emerson write in "The Concord Hymn" that the Americans at Lexington and Concord had fired the "shot heard" 'around the world. The Battle of Independence had just begun. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold, a captain in the Conneticut militia, raised a force of 400 to seize Fort Ticonderoga near Lake Champlain in New York. Arnold joined forces with Allen's men-the so-called Green Mountain Boys. Together, they took British by surprise. They surrendered on May 10, 1775. He turned into a traitor and led British troops to Americas in Virginia and Conneticut. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Lots of people joined the colonial militias, soon there were about 20,000 strong. But the British remained control of the city. On July 16, 1775, militia commanded by Colonel William Prescott set up posts on Bunker and Breed's Hill, across the harbor from Boston. -
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Battle of London Island
The battle of London Island also know as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776, was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the United States declared independence on July 4, 1776. Victory for the British Army and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave them control of the strategically important city of New York. In terms of troop deployment and fighting, it was the largest battle of the entire war -
Battle of Trenton
The American Revolution took place in the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton New Jersey. After George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the night before, led main body of Continental army against Hessian solders garrisoned at Trenton. They suffered many defeats in NY and forced to retreat to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. George Washington—Commander-in-Chief of the Army—devised a plan to cross the Delaware River the night of December 25–26 surrounding the Hessian -
Battle of Saratoga
In August, American soldiers led by Benedict Arnold stopped St. Leger at Fort Stanwix, New York. In July he captured Fort Ticonderoga, but he needed supplies. He forced the American supply base at Bennington, Vermont. On October 17, 1777, General Burgoyne Surrounded. The Continental Army had won an enormous victory that changed the course of the war. -
Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Continental Army under General George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army column commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton as they left Monmouth Court House. It is also known as the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.
