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Lexington and Concord
Officers: General Gage. This was the first battle and the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. -
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Fort Ticonderoga
Officers: Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and William Delaplace
Important because it raised moral for Americans. -
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Bunker (Breed's) Hill
Officers: William Prescott, Israel Putman, Joseph Warren, John Stark, William Howe, Thomas Gage, Sir Robert Pigot, James Abercrombie, Henry Clinton, Samuel Graves, John Pitcairn
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Trenton/Princeton (NJ Campaign)
Officers: George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Hugh Mercer, Alexander Hamilton, Johann Rall, Charles Mawhood, Charles Cornwallis. Important because Washington defeated two great feats with strategy and increased american moral -
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Saratoga (Bemis Heights, the second battle)
Officers: Daniel Morgan and John Burgoyne
This was a major turning point in the American Revolution. -
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Siege of Charleston
Officers: Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Alexander Leslie, Mariot Arbuthnot, Benjamin Lincoln, Willaim Moultrie, James Hogun, William Woodford, Abraham Whipple, and Louis Duportail
This was one the worst American defeats in the revolutionary war. -
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King's Mountain
Officers: James Johnston, William Campbell, John Sevier, Frederick Hambright, Joseph McDowell, Benjamin Cleveland, James Williams, Isaac Shelby, Joseph Winston, William Chronicle, Patrick Ferguson, and Abraham DePeyster
This was the largest American fight in the revolutionary war. -
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Siege of Yorktown
Officers: George Washington, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Knox, Alexander Hamilton, Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, Thomas Nelson, Moses Hazen, Comte de Rochambeau, Comte d'Aboville, Marquis de Choisy, Comte de Grasse, Lord Cornwallis, Charles O'Hara, Banastre Tarleton, Robert Abercromby, Thomas Dundas, Thomas Symonds, Matthew Fuchs, and August Voight
Important because this helped encourage Great Britian in ending the war