American Revolution

  • Boston

    the British launched an assault in June resulting in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is also on the same day as Concord and Lexington battle
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The American army lost to the British army. The British army earned Pennsylvania.
  • Trenton

    General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries. the Continental Army captured nearly nine hundred Hessian officers and soldiers as well as a large supply of muskets, bayonets, swords, and cannons.
  • Princeton

    Continental Army soldiers under the command of General George Washington defeated a force of British troops near Princeton, New Jersey The victory at Princeton rescued the Patriot cause from one of its darkest hours.
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    Saratoga

    Burgoyne and his troops, defeated, began a march to the town of Saratoga where they entrenched themselves once again in hopes of escaping. Gates's army had surrounded them and forced them to surrender. So the American Army won.
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    Valley Forge

    12,000 soldiers and 400 women and children marched into Valley Forge and began to build what essentially became the fourth largest city in the colonies at the time, with 1,500 log huts and two miles of fortifications. The Continental Army struggled to manage a disastrous supply crisis while simultaneously retraining and reorganizing their units in an effort to mount successful counterattacks against the British.
  • Monmouth

    Monmouth was the first battle to test Washington as commander-in-chief after the Conway Cabal affair.the Continental Army remained in the field while the British Army redeployed to New York. Around 600 people died.
  • Concord and Lexington

    The British soldiers arrived at Lexington at 8:00 a.m. The most known saying is "For Gods sake, Fire!" 5 Minute men died due to being shot.
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    Yorktown

    Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.