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Battles
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Lexington and Concord
Colonists defeat British. First military campaign that showed common militias could defeat stronger British army -
Fort Ticonderoga
Key point of entry to Canada and the Hudson river. First American victory of the Revolutionary War. The Great Mountain Boys of Vermont; Ethan Allan, and Benedict Arnold played a major role in winning the fight. -
Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
Patriots lose battle to British but killed and injured many of them. This battle boosted confidence for the patriots. -
Trenton/ Princeton NJ Campaign)
George Washington and his army takes over the town of Trenton
George Washington defeats the British and takes over Princeton -
Bemis Heights
General Benedict Arnold defeats British General John Burgoyne. Major turning point in the war for the patriots. -
Siege of Charleston
Red coats defeat patriots. It was the largest surrender of an American armed force until the 1862 surrender of Union forces at Harper's Ferry during the Antietam Campaign. -
Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias. Achieving a complete surprise, the Patriot militiamen attacked and surrounded the Loyalists, inflicting heavy casualties. After an hour of battle, Ferguson was fatally shot while trying to break the rebel line, after which his men surrendered. -
Cowpens
Patriots led by General Daniel Morgan defeat the British. The British army suffers heavy losses. -
Yorktown
American Continental Army led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, as the surrender by Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.
