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Battles of Concord & Lexington (MA)
The colonist won the battle of concord. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord. -
Battle of Bunker Hill (MA)
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed's Hill -
Battle of Long Island (NY)
Washington’s defeat could have led to the surrender of his entire force, but his ingenuity instead allowed him to escape and continue the fight and British won. -
Battles of Trenton & Princeton (NJ)
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day, Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing and general George Washington won. -
Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga (NY)
The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by the Green Mountain Boys and other state militia under the command of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, who captured it in the surprise attack. -
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 won. -
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. The Continental Army persevered and won a decisive victory at the Battle of Saratoga -
Battle of Charlestown (SC)
During the American Revolutionary War. After approximately six weeks of siege, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the Charleston garrison, surrendered his forces to the British.The British won -
Battle of Cowpens (SC)
Daniel Morgan led his army of tough Continentals and backwoods militia to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's battle-hardened force of British regulars. Daniel Morgan -
Yorktown / Surrender (VA)
Lacking the financial resources to raise a new army, the British government appealed to the Americans for peace. Almost two years later, on September 3, 1783, the signing of the Treaty of Paris brought the war to an end. General George Washington won the battle.
