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Battle of Concord & Lexington (MA)
Importance of Battle- 1st battle of the American Revolution, British troops wanted to seize arms
Who Won?- the americans -
Battle of Bunker Hill (MA)
Importance- It was the Bloodiest battle of the war, 1,000 redcoats and 450 colonists casualties, they gained land and the high price of victory made them realize that the war with the colonies would be long, tough and costly
Who Won?- The British but colonist claimed war b/c they stopped British advance -
Battle of Ft.Ticonderoga (NY)
Importance- The first American Victory of the war, gave the continental army much needed artillery to be used in future battles, location had access to Canada & Hudson river valley,and later served as staging ground for the troops before invasion of British held territory
Who won?- the Americans -
Battle of Long Island (NY)
Importance- part of British campaign to seize control of NY and isolate New England from rest of colonies
Who Won?- The British -
Battle of Trenton and Princeton (NJ)
Importance- Washington army crossed the icy Delaware
two died frozen and five wounded, the Americans took prisoners, arms, and supplies, Washington had shown that he could unite soldiers from all the colonies into an effective national force
Who Won?- The Americans -
Battle of Brandy wine Creek (PA)
Importance- British seized Philadelphia after this battle and
Americans lost more 1,100 and the British lost 600, British took control of land without patriot opposition
Who Won?- The British -
Battle of Saratoga (NY)
Importance- gave patriots a majore morale boost and persuaded the french, spanish, and dutch to join their cause against a mutual rival and equiped them with everything
Who Won?- The Americans -
Battle of Charles town/ Charleston (SC)
Importance- the British gained control of the Americas and lost many soldiers due to the surrender, and captured more than 3,000 patriots and munitions and equipment lost 250 soldiers, used loyalist to pacify the patriot population and returned violence in kind
Who Won?- The British -
Battle of Cowpens (SC)
Importance- inflicted casualties that the British could not replace. less than 100 casualties in patriot victory to show they could outfight British force without factors like surprise and geography to help them.
Who Won?- The Americas -
Battle of York town
Importance- last battle of the American Revolution, and start of nation's independence, and made Washington known as great leader and eventual election as first president of the US
ended with signing of treaty of paris, expansion into canada
Who Won?- The Americans
