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Battles of Concord & Lexington (MA)
This battle is the first battle of the Revolutionary War and because the colonists won, it gave them confidence that they could win more battles against the British. -
Battle of Bunker Hill (MA)
The Battle of Bunker hill was the first major battle. It was technically a victory for Britain, but an emotional victory for the patriots because it took the British three tries to get to the hill, and only worked the third time because we ran out of ammunition. The British lost many more lives than the Patriots. -
Battle of Long Island (NY)
The Battle of Long Island was a decisive victory for the British. George Washington and the Continental Army were eventually forced to retreat all the way to Pennsylvania. The British remained in control of New York City for the rest of the Revolutionary War. -
Battles of Trenton & Princeton (NJ)
In the Battle of Trenton, Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The Continental army was successful. -
Battle of Brandywine Creek (PA)
The significance of the conflict was that the British seized Philadelphia after their victory at Brandywine Creek which would be followed by another British victory at the Battle of Germantown -
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. -
Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga (NY)
the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga served as a morale booster and provided key artillery for the Continental Army in that first year of war. The British were successful. -
Battle of Charlestown (SC)
he significance of the conflict was that the British gained control of South and the Americans lost many soldiers due to the surrender. -
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. -
Yorktown / Surrender (VA)
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. Almost two years later, on September 3, 1783, the signing of the Treaty of Paris brought the war to an end.
