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The Battle Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill occurred on June 17, 1775 on the Charleston Peninsula on the North Side of Boston Harbour. This battle was between Major General Howe with 2,400 British troops, against General Artemas Ward and General Israel Putnam with 1,500 American Troops. The British troops won this Battle, which left the American Troops with a heavy loss. This battle had many important affects. It convinced many Patriots that a regular military establishment was unnecessary, left the memory of the -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
heavy casualties affected Howe, and caused the British to employ mercenaries. -
The Battle of Long Island
The Battle of Long Island took place on August 27, 1776 in Long Island, New York. This battle was against 20,000 British troops led by Major General Lord Howe and 10,000 American troops led by General George Washington. The victor of this battle was the British. The British troops drove the Americans from Brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York. General Howe left this battle with 400 casualties, while General George Washington left with nearly 1000 casualties, which left America suffering. -
The Battle of Trenton
Americans' dressed as best as they could. -
The Battle Of Trenton
The Battle of Trention took place on December 25th, 1776 in Trenton New Jersey on the Deleware River. This battle was between General George Washington with 2,400 American troops, against Colonel Rahl with 1,400 Hessiansand British troops. The victor of this battle was the George Washington with the American troops. Some facts about this battle was, The Britishs' uniform was red coats, and leather crusted helmets, the Germans' uniforms wore blue coats with a brass front plate, while the -
The Battle Of Brandywine
and the Hessian Troops occupying land, forcing the American Troops out of Brandywine. -
The Battle Of Brandywine
The Battle of Brandywine took place on September 11th, 1777 in Pennsylvania. This battle was between Major General Sir William Howe with 6,000 British and Hessian troops, against General George Washington with 8,000 American troops. Some facts about this battle is, The British lost 550 troops, while the American troops lost around 1,000, which were killed, wounded, and captured. Also, this battle was not considered a descisive battle. But in conclusion, the victor of this battle was The British -
The Battle Of Saratoga
for the uniforms, the British wore red coats and bear skin caps. The German troops wore blue coats with a brass front plate like the Prussians, and lastly, The Americans dressed as best as they could. -
The Battle Of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga took place on October 17th, 1777 in Saratoga on the Hudson River in New York. This battle was between Major General John Burgoyne with 5,000 troops of British, Brunswickers, Canadians and Indians, against Major General Horatio Gates and Brigadier Benedict Arnold with 12,000 to 14,000 American troops. This battle was a success for the American troops, leaving them as the victors. But, this war left the British with 3,500 troops fit to surrender, out of 7,000 troops. Also, -
The Battle Of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth took place on June 28th, 1778 in New Jersey. This battle was between Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, Major General Earl Cornwallis and Major General Knyphausen with 10,000 British troops, against General George Washington and Major General Charles Lee with 11,000 American troops. For this battle, their was no victor since it was taken as a draw. But, the British suffered from 300 casualties and the Americans suffered from about 350 casualties. -
The Battle Of Monmouth
This battle gave George Washington a slight edge at the end of the day, and the American commander knew they were close to win this Battle, but General Lee performed better. -
The Capture Of Savannah
The Capture of Savannah took place on December 29th, 1778 in George. This battle was between Colonel Archibald Campbell against Contintal General Robert Howe. Howe only had 850 men, and he made an attempt to defend the city. But, he then ordered his men to retreat. After this retreat he was left with less than half of the original army The British won this battle. -
The Battle Of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens took place on January 17th, 1781 in South Carolina on the border with North Carolina. This battle was between Colonel Daniel Morgan against Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton with 1,000 American troops and 1,100 British troops. The victor of this battle was the Americans. -
The Battle Of Cowpens
Some facts about this war is, The Americans gave “Tarleton’s quarter” to the surrendering British and Loyalist until restrained by their officers. Also, The 3 pounder guns that they used in this Battle were known as “grasshoppers”. -
The Guilford Courthouse Battle
The Guilford Courthouse Battle took place on March 15, 1781 in North Carolina. This battle was between Major General Lord Cornwallis with 1,900 British troops, against Major General Nathaniel Greene with 4,400 American troops. In this battle, the Americans suffered form 250 casualties while the British suffered from 550 casualties. But, in conclusion the British won this batte. -
The Battle Of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown took place on September 28th, 1781 in Virginia. This battle was between General Washington commanded the Americans with 8,800 American troops, Lieutenant General de Rochambeau with 7,800 French troops, and Major General Lord Cornwallis with 6,000 British troops. The victor of this battle were the Americans, and the French. This Battle ended the fighting in the war and led to the Peace Treaty that acknowledged the independence of the American states.
