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Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker HillVictory:British won battle of Bunker HIll
Generals: Major general howe
Content: 2,400 british troops against 1,500 Americans troops
1,150 british troops were killed and/or wounded
British drove amricans to charlestown peninsula
British senior officers discounted the ability of the american troops to ressitst frontal attack -
Batte of long island
Battle of Long IslandVictory:British
General: British drove americans out of brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York
Context:1) Washington built batteries in Manhattan and Long Island to prevent the british fleet penetrating past New York
2)Washington positioned arouund 10,000 forts facing the sea to defend Manhattan
3)On August 22nd british landed in Long Island on the south of the fortifications
4)On the 26 of August the British troops marched north-east to begin there attack in Long Island -
Batlle of Trenton
Battle of TrentonVictory: Washington and The American Troops
General: general George Washington against colonel Rahl.
Context: 2,400 American troops with 18 guns
All American troops where from New Hampshire, Deleware, Pennslyvania, Virgina, New York, Connecticut, and Massachussets
Colonel Rahl was the commander of the Hessian Troops
Hessian Troops had 20 soldiers killed, about 100 wounded, and 1,000 captured. -
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Brandywinevictory:British and Hessians
General: Major general Sir WIlliam Howe and General George Washington
Contex:1) Howe had brought his army by sea to the Chesapeake intending to capture Philadelphia
2)British had 550 killed and wounded Americans had 1,000 killed and wounded.
3)The Main attack was over Chad's Ford
4) The Battle ending with America withdrawing up the road to Philadelphia in confusion -
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of SaratogaVictory: American Troops
General:Major General John Burgoyne and Major General Horatio Gates
Contex: 1) British had around 5,000 troops and America had around 12,000 to 14,000
2)In the 1777 Winter the british made a plan to send a strong army down the Lake Champlain Route from Canada
3)19 of September Burgoyne got to the American camp in west bank by the hudson river at Bemis Hieghts and advanced on the American troops
4)British and Hessian troops began to give way after the redoubt -
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of MonmouthVictory:The Battle was taken as a draw
General:Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, Major General Earl Cornwallis, General Knyphausen, General George Washington, and General Charles Lee
Contex:1) There was 10,000 British troops against 11,000 American troops
2)Weather had interupted the Battle a bit that it made America and British stay at there unorginal camp ground
3)Knyphausen went to Middletown road North to warn Dickson that the British were on the move
4)Clinton's Army lost 550 deserters -
Capture of Savannah
Capture of SavannahVictory:British captured Savannah
General: General Howe and Colonel Archibald Campbell
Context:1) America had 850 troops against Britians 3,100
2) Britian had 7 killed 17 wounded and 0 captured. America had 83 killed 11 wounded and 453 captured
3)British capture savannah during the revolutional war
4)The first sound Howe heard in the capture attempt was rapid fire on a cannon -
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of CowpensVictory:Americans
Generals: Colonel Daniel Morgan verse Colonel Banastre Tarleton
Context:1) British lost 39 officers and 60 soldiers killed and 829 were captured
2)Americans captured the British baggage and the colours of the 7th ft.
3)Tarleton marched his force on the battlefeild and they attacked immideatly under his command
4)Americans went onto the offensive and the British line was overwhelmed -
battle of Guilford CourtHouse
Battle of Guilford CourthouseVictory:British won
Generals: Major General Lord Cornwallis and Major General Nathaniel Greene
Context:1) About 1,900 british soldiers against 4,400 American soldiers
2)British had 550 killed and wounded Americans had 250 killed and wounded
3)Greene's army trys to defeat him before launching the final british invassion of Virginia
4)They try to catch him in the morning when his troops were hungry and tired -
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of YorktownVuctory: Americans and French
Generals:General Washington, General de Rochambeau, General Lord Cornwallis
Context: 1) they were 8,800 American soldiers, 7,800 French soldiers, 6,000 British soldiers
2)Washington was able to travel south from New York with the American and French army to attack Cornwallis
3)Cornwallis army marched out of Yorktown and surrendered
4)6,000 British soldiers surrendered
