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Lexington and Concord Battle
Victors - Colonists Great Britain -
Force: 1500
Killed: 73
Wounded: 174
Captured: 53 Colonists -
Force: 3800
Killed: 49
Wounded: 39
Captured: 0 These were the first battles in the Revolutionary War. They were both fought on the same day, and so, they are many times considered to be the same battle.The famous "shot heard around the world" was fired at this battle, revolutionary War. The colonists were able to successfully drive the outnumbered British soldiers back to Boston. -
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American Revolutionary War
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Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
Victors - Colonists Great Britain -
Force: 78
Killed: 0
Wounded: 0
Captured: 0 Colonists -
Force: 168
Killed: 0
Wounded: 0
Captured: 1 Once the British retreated to Boston, the siege of Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, began. As the colonists continued to gather around Boston, they realized they didn't have enough ammunition to successfully carry on with the siege. The colonists targeted Fort Ticonderoga to get ammunition.The colonists were able to sneak in at night, and captured it. -
Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
Victors - British Britain -
Force: 3000
Killed: 226
Wounded: 828
Captured: 0 Colonists -
Force: 2400
Killed: 115
Wounded: 305
Captured: 30 This battle was fought during the Siege of Boston and it made both sides realize that this that the war would last for a long time. The Battle of Bunker Hill started when the colonists learned about the British plan to occupy Dorchester Heights and tried to stop them.The British won the battle, but they suffered too many losses. -
Battle of Quebec
Victors - British Britain -
Force: 1800
Killed: 5
Wounded: 14
Captured: 0 Colonists -
Force: 1200
Killed: 48
Wounded: 34
Captured: 431
This battle was an attempt from the colonists to capture Quebec, liberating it from British control, and to get French support in the war against the British. In the battle, the French participated on both sides. The battle was a terrrible defeat for the colonists, with many casualities. The British suffered very little casualities. -
Fortification of Dorchester Heights
Victors - Colonists The Continental Army, under the command of George Washington, went to Dorchester Heights. The Dorchester Heights were a series of hills overlooking the Boston Harbor. The colonists mounted cannons there, threatening the town of Dorchester Heights and the Boston Harbor. With the threat of the cannons, the British soldiers in Dorchester Heights withdrew from the town. -
Battle of Long Island
Victors - British Britain -
Force: 20000
Killed: 64
Wounded: 293
Captured: 31 Colonists -
Force: 10000
Killed: 300
Wounded: 800
Captured: 1000 The British recognized the strategic importance of New York, and so did the Colonists. Led by Washington, troops from the Continental Army marched from Boston to Long Island. The Colonists got there, and they anticipated the British arrival. When the British got there, the battle began. The British had double the amount of soldiers, and so they won. -
Battle of Trenton
Victors - Colonists Britain -
Force: 1520
Killed: 22
Wounded: 86
Captured: 906 Colonists -
Force: 2400
Killed: 2
Wounded: 5
Captured: 0 This was a great victory for the Colonists with very few casualities. This was a surprising outcome, since the soldiers from the Continental Army had been marching 100 miles in the cold weather to reach Trenton, and were heavily demoralized. -
Battle of Princeton
Victors - Colonists Britain -
Force: 1200
Killed: 100
Wounded: 70
Captured: 280 Colonists -
Force: 4500
Killed: 25
Wounded: 40
Captured: 0 This was another tough battle for the Continental Army. They were starving, demoralized, cold, and short on supplies. Despites all of this, they still had many more soldiers than the British at this battle, and so they won. -
Battle of Brandywine
Victors - British Britain -
Force: 15500
Killed: 89
Wounded: 488
Captured: 6 Colonists -
Force: 14600
Killed: 300
Wounded: 600
Captured: 400 It was another critical time for the Continental Army. They had just been defeated in an earlier battle, and their morale was very low. Various other times the continental army had won with very low morale, but not this time. After a defeat the Continental army was forced to retreat to Chester, Pennsylvania. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)
Victors - Colonists Britain -
Force: 6600
Killed: 300
Wounded: 370
Captured: 5900 Colonists -
Force: 6600
Killed: 30
Wounded: 100
Captured: 0 This was a major turning point in the war. The Continental Army was able to capture one of the most important British generals, and his army. The British General John Burgoyne was very weak and wounded and could not lead his army well in battle. The British lost, and John Burgoyne decided to surrender himself and his army. -
Battle of Monmouth
Victors - Undefined Britain -
Force: 14500
Killed: 289
Wounded: 641
Captured: 60 Colonists -
Force: 11000
Killed: 400
Wounded: 40
Captured: 22 The Colonists intercepted the British while they were carrying troops and supplies to New Jersey. Who really won the battle is still a disbute. The Colonists claimed they won because they dominated the battlefield. The British claimed they won because they were able to hold off the colonists and successfully transported their troops and supplies. -
Battle of Savannah
Victors - British Britain -
Force: 3100
Killed: 7
Wounded: 17
Captured: 0 Colonists -
Force: 850
Killed: 83
Wounded: 11
Captured: 453 The British with much more troops than the Colonists easily conquered the town of Savannah. With the loss of many of his men and artillery, Howe, a general of the Continental army, was forced to retire into South Carolina with his remaining troops. -
Siege of Fort Vincennes
Victors - Colonists British -
About 90 soldiers inside the fort. Colonists -
A relatively small army, but they were able to trick the British into thinking they were an army of 1000 men. The colonists surronded the fort in which about 90 British soldiers and some of their Indian allies were stationed. The colonists divided their small arm into 10 groups each one carrying a flag which symbolized they were groups of 100 men. The British were tricked, and after 3 days they surrendered. -
Battle of Charleston
Victors - British Britain -
Force: 13500
Killed: 76
Wounded: 182
Captured: 0 Colonists -
Force: 5466
Killed: 92
Wounded: 148
Captured: 4650 The British thought that it was a good strategy to try to control the South, so they decided to attack a major Southern city; Charleston. The British caught the Colonists by surprise and they had more than twice their troops. This was an terrible defeat for the colonists. -
Battle of King's Mountain
Victors - Colonists Britain -
Force: 1200
Killed: 290
Wounded: 163
Captured: 668 Colonists -
Force: 900
Killed: 29
Wounded: 58
Captured: 0 The Colonists and the British met near the border between North and South Carolina. The two sides exchanged fire, and altough outnumbered, the colonists were able to win, causing immense damage to the british troops. -
Battle of Yorktown
Victors - Colonists Britain -
Force: 8980
Killed: 309
Wounded: 326
Captured: 8007 Colonists -
Force: 20600
Killed: 72
Wounded: 180
Captured: 0 This was the last main battle in the Revolutionary war, and it marked it's end. Colonial troops along with French allies arrived in Rhode Island to conquer the British controlled city of New York. After attacking with more than double the men, the allies were able to defeat the British causing many casualities.
