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Lexington and Concord
Commanders: Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, General Thomas Gage
This battle was caused by the Intolerable Acts. Eventually a group of 400 militia gathered around Concord. A battle broke out and as the British retreated they looted many homes causing more outrage with the colonists. The British lost 273 men while the colonists lost 95. -
Battle at Fort Ticonderoga
Generals: Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold.
The battle took place shortly after Lexington and Concord. The colonists needed to win this battle in order to sustain the momentum from the last battle. The colonist packed a few boats with 83 men and took the British by su prose in the night. The colonists took 70 heavy guns which later helped them win the war. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British really needed this battle so they could set up artillery on higher ground. This would give them an advantage over the colonists because it would make Boston vulnerable. Britain got slaughtered in battle and it caused them to hire mercenaries. -
Battle at Trenton/ Princeton
Leaders: British General William Howe, George Washington Washington crossed the Delaware river on Christmas evening to sneak attack General Howe and his troops. Both of Washington's parties arrived to the meeting place and they went through with their attack. They wiped out the Hessian mercenaries and took Princeton. -
Battle of Saratoga
Horatio Gates' troops met the British along the Hudson River. Gates and his troops eventually defeated Benedict Arnold's men. This proved to be a pivotal battle and a turning point in the world for the colonists. -
The Siege of Charleston
In order to defend Charleston, General Benjamin Lincoln had a 3,600 man garrison. Lincoln's defensive line stretched for over a mile and a half. In late March, the British attacked these defenses, initiating the actual siege of Charleston. Liconln refused to surrender of near 10,000 troops. It was a turning point for the colonists in the war. -
Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive victory in South Carolina for the Patriot militia over the Loyalist militia in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Patriot irregulars under Colonel William Campbell defeat Tories under Major Patrick Ferguson. -
Yorktown
Generals: Washington, Lieutenant General de Rochambeau commanded the French, Major General Lord Cornwallis commanded the British. Americans and French marched out of Williamsburg and arrived before Yorktown on 28th September 1781, forming a semi-circle around the entrenchments and putting the British under siege. On 14th October the Americans and French stormed two redoubts in front of their trenches and the position of the British in Yorktown became untenable.
