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Lexington and Concord
-Patriots: John Parker, James Barrett, John Buttrick, Will Heath, Joe Warren, Isaac Davis
-Redcoats: Francis Smith, John Pitcairn, Hugh Percy
-Strategic Importance: British went to Lexington to seize rebel militia supplies. Minutemen knew about expedition days before and moved the supplies and attacked the British. -
Fort Ticonderoga
-Patriots: Ethan Allen, Ben Arnold
-Redcoats: William Delaplace
-Strategic Importance: Green Mountain Boys overcame British fort and caused them to surrender. The patriots also acquired all the British supplies at the fort. -
Bunker Hill
-Patriots: Israel Putnam, Will Prescott, John Stark
-Redcoats: William Howe
-Strategic Importance: British won battle but sufffered major losses. Colonist militia gained confidence against formal army. -
Trenton/ Princeton (NJ Campaign)
-Patriots: George Washington, Hugh Mercer
-Redcoats: Charles Mawhood, Charles Cornwallis
-Stragetic Importance: Continental Army held off British attack at Trenton then won against British at Princeton -
Saratoga
-Patriots: Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, Ben Lincoln, Enonch Poor
-Redcoats: John Burgoyne, Simon Fraser
-Strategic Importance: Americans surround British army (who was expecting reinforcements that came), cause them to surrender, and win a decisive battle. -
Seige of Charleston
-Patriots: Ben Lincoln
-Redcoats: Charles Cornwallis
-Strategic Importance: Southern Continental Army surrenders 5,000 men to British.