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Lexington and Concord Battles
British: Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairne, and Lord Percy
Colonists: Barrett, Buttrick, Robinson, and many others
The British were going to destroy the Colonists weapons supply -
Fort Ticonderoga Battle
Colonists: Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold
British: William Delaplace
The colonists surprised a sleeping British force -
Bunker (Breed's) Hill Battle
Colonists: Colonel William Prescott
British: Major General William Howe and General Robert Pigot
British overwhelming numbers and the hill overlooks Boston -
Trenton/Princeton (NJ Campaign) Battle
Colonists: George Washington
British: John Rall
To give optimism back to the patriots -
Saratoga/Bemis Heights
Patriots: General Horatio Gates
British: Lieutenant General John Burgoyne
Patriots had a three pronged attack strategy to break the British line. -
Siege of Charleston
Patriots: General Benjamin Lincoln
British: Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton
The British had more men -
King's Mountain
Patriots: William Campbell
British/Loyalist: Patrick Furguson
Even though the British retreated to South Carolina the Patriots caught up to them. -
Yorktown
Patriots/French: General Washington, Lieutenant General de Rochambeau
British: Major General Lord Cornwallis
The French and the Patriots had overwhelming numbers against the British.
