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Lexington and Concord
British troops are sent to arrest John Handcock and Samuel Adams in Concord. Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Adams are sent to alert colonists. Minutemen fight to stall British troops at Lexington and loose. At Concord Colonial troops prevail over British. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Colonial commanders where Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold. British commander was William Delaplace. The fort was important because it interrupted British communication chains. -
Battle of Bunker (Breed’s) Hill
Bunker hill controlled Boston harbor. William Prescott fought against William Howe and Thomas Gage British commanders. -
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Battle of Trenton and Princeton
George Washington leads his army across the Delaware defeating British and Hessian troops. Victory grants them control over much of New Jersey and boosts troop moral. -
Battle of Saratoga
Provided proof that colonists could defeat British troops, and encouraged other countries to way in. The continental army defeated Burgoyne. -
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Siege of Charleston
Sir Henry Clinton invades and defeated Colonial generals at Charleston, marking one of the biggest defeats of the War. The British armies are taking Charleston as a base of operations for the Army. -
Battle of King’s Mountain
Colonial forces led by Benjamin Cleveland, James Johnston, William Campbell, John Sevier, Joseph McDowell and Isaac Shelby engage in battle with Ferguson and his loyalist militia. The militia were protecting the flank of Lord Cornwallis' main force. -
Siege of Yorktown
Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.
