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These were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The Colonists won this battles.
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Served as a morale booster and provided key artillery for the Continental Army in that first year of war.
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Bloodiest battle of the war
- 1,000 Redcoat & 450 colonial casualties.
- MORE colonists turn against the king.
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Also known as the Battle of Brooklyn. The first major battle of the war since the American declaration of independence on July 4. The British defeated the Colonists.
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Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. Won by the Colonists.
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It cost the Americans more than 1,100 men killed or captured while the British lost approximately 600 men killed or injured.British victory.
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A decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army southward from Canada in the Champlain Valley, hoping to meet a similar British force marching northward from New York City and another British force marching eastward from Lake Ontario; the southern and western forces never arrived, and Burgoyne was surrounded by American forces in upstate New York. American Victory.
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The British gained control of South and the Americans lost many soldiers due to the surrender. Capture of the city and its harbor gave them a vital base from which to conduct operations in their attempt to rally the support of American Loyalists. British Victory.
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Cowpens was the most decisive American victory of the War for Independence. It gave a major boost to Patriot morale, inflicted casualties that the British could not replace. Victory for the Colonists.
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Also known as The Siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown effectively ended the Revolutionary War. Lacking the financial resources to raise a new army, the British government appealed to the Americans for peace. American victory.
