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Lexington and Concord, MA
Leader for America: Captain John Parker
Leader for Britain: Francis Smith
The first shot of this battle was called 'the shot heard round the world' and showed the beginning of the American Revolution. The battle began as the British were sent to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock. It started in Lexington and continued into Concord. -
Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill)
Leaders for America: Colonel Putnam and Colonel Prescott
Leaders for Britain: General Howe and General Clinton
Though the Americans lost this battle at Boston, Massachusetts, it showed that the British could be taken down in numbers and also gave strength to those who were against the British. -
Trenton Battle at Trenton, New Jersey
Leader for the American side: George Washiongton and Nathaneal Greene
Leader for the Hessian side: Commander Colonel Rahl
At first the Americans were defeated many times, but on Christmas night of 1776, Washington led his soldiers across the Delaware River where they defeated an army of Hessian mecenaries. -
Battle of Princeton, New Jersey
Leaders for America: George Washington and Hugh Mercer
Leaders for Britain: Charles Mawhood and Charles Cornwallis
The battle ended by the Americans having a decisive victory. As Washington was outnumbered by the British troops he instead escaped and ran into the British rear gaurd. They then defeated the British during that battle. -
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Winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Leaders for America: General Washington, General Lafeyette, and Baron Friedrich von Steuben.
Leader for Britain: General William Howe
Many men from the Continental Army died from the cold and disease that winter when the British troops took Philadelphia. Though during this winter Baron Friedrich von Steuben trained the soldiers so they were prepared for spring. -
Saratoga, New York
Leader for America: General Horatio Gates
Leader for the British: General John Burgoyne
There were 2 battles of Saratoga. One on September 19 and one on October 7, 1777. The British had won the first battle while the Americans won the the second when the British surrendered. These battles were the turning point of the war because they caused the French to join sides with the Americans and fight. -
Yorktown, Virginia
Leader for America: George Washington
Leaders for Britain: Gerneral Cornwallis and Charles O'Hara
Leaders for France: French Admiral de Grasse
Sir Henry Clinton was sending supplies and men to Cornwallis when the Americans and French totaled to outnumber Cornwallis. The relief never made it to him, though, because the French defeated the British at Chesapeake Bay allowing the Americans to win this battle. -
The Treaty of Paris, Hotel d'York
Those who signed for America: John Adams, Ben Franklin, and John Jay.
Those who signed in place of King George: David Hartley
The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that ended the American Revolutionary war between U.S. and Britain. It took about a year after the British surrendered for King George to ratify the treaty.
