Battles of the American Revolution

  • Battles of Concord & Lexington (MA)

    Battles of Concord & Lexington (MA)
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The British won the war.
  • Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga (NY)

    Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga (NY)
    a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison. The green mountain boys won.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill (MA)

    Battle of Bunker Hill (MA)
    The battle of bunker hill was fought during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The British won.
  • Battle of Long Island (NY)

    Battle of Long Island (NY)
    also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, George Washington and the Continental Army were eventually forced to retreat all the way to Pennsylvania. The British won
  • Battles of Trenton & Princeton (NJ)

    Battles of Trenton & Princeton (NJ)
    General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. American victory
  • Battle of Brandywine Creek (PA)

    Battle of Brandywine Creek (PA)
    General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launch a full-scale British attack on General George Washington and the Patriot outpost at Brandywine Creek near Chadds Ford, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on the road linking Baltimore and Philadelphia. British victory
  • Battle of Saratoga (NY)

    Battle of Saratoga (NY)
    It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War. American won
  • Battle of Charlestown (SC)

    Battle of Charlestown (SC)
    After approximately six weeks of siege, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the Charleston garrison, surrendered his forces to the British. It was one of the worst American defeats of the war. British won
  • Battle of Cowpens (SC)

    Battle of Cowpens (SC)
    It became known as the turning point of the war in the South, part of a chain of events leading to Patriot victory at Yorktown The Cow-pens victory was won over a crack British regular army and brought together strong armies and leaders who made their mark on history. American victory
  • Yorktown / Surrender (VA)

    Yorktown / Surrender (VA)
    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 by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. American won the war