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Battle of Concord and Lexington (MA)
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The red coats won. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (NY)
This was the first real victory for the colonists. The red coats won. -
Battle of Bunker Hill (MA)
This was the bloodiest battle between the redcoats and colonists. -
Battle of Long Island (NY)
The british won and took NY away from the continental army. -
Battles of Trenton and 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. (www.history.com) -
Battle of Brandywine Creek (PA)
The British seized Philadelphia. -
Battle of Saratoga (NY)
Gave a "decisive victory" to the colonists over the Brits. -
Battle of Charlestown (SC)
Was a major Brit victory. The colonists lost many soldiers and the british gained control of the south. -
Battle of Cowpens (SC)
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 and ultimately led to Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown that fall. (www.battlefields.org) -
Yorktown / Surrender (VA)
The Americans won, and the British surrendered.
