Major Battles of the American Revolution

By Alex Zhang

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Location: Paris, Kingdom of France
    Important persons:
    John Russell, César Gabriel de Choiseul, and Jerónimo Grimaldi
    What groups of people were involved:
    Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of France, and Spanish Empire
    Why this event or battle was significant: It represents Britain's recognition of American Independence

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Location: Boston, Massachusetts
    Important persons: No
    What groups of people were involved: United Colonies and Great Britain
    Who won: United Colonies
    Why this event or battle was significant: This event provoked outrage and eventually led to the War of Independence.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Location:in Boston, Massachusetts
    Sons of Liberty, Samuel Adams
    Sons of Liberty, Great Britain
    Who won: United States
    Parliament responded in 1774 with the Coercive Acts, or Intolerable Acts, which, among other provisions, ended local self-government in Massachusetts and closed Boston's commerce. The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.
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    1st Continental Congress

    locations:At Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia
    Person:Patrick Henry
    groups: all the colonists except Georgia ;Great British
    won: United States
    people drafted the Declaration of Rights. Although they did not seek a separation from Britain, this was an important step to unify the political power.

  • Lexington & Concord

    Lexington & Concord
    locations: in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge.
    persons:Thomas Gage , Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
    Groups: Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America.
    won: thirteen colonies in America
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress
    location: Philadelphia
    persons: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock
    groups: Great British；United States
    won: United States
    The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. The Congress acted as the de facto national government of what became the United States by raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    Location: Charlestown, Massachusetts
    Important persons: William Prescott, Israel Putnam, William Howe, and Thomas Gage
    What groups of people were involved: United Colonies and Great Britain
    Who won: Great Britain
    Why this event or battle was significant: The first bloody battle in the American War of independence

  • Trenton

    Trenton
    location: in Trenton, New Jersey
    person:George Washington
    groups:Deutschland, Great Britain(Hessian soldiers), United States
    won:United States
    The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired re-enlistments.
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    Battles of Saratoga

    Location: Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York
    Important persons: Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Lincoln, John Burgoyne, and Simon Fraser.
    What groups of people were involved: United States and Great Britain
    Who won: United States
    Why this event or battle was significant: The turning point of the war of independence in thirteen North American colonies.

  • Treaty of Alliance

    Treaty of Alliance
    location: in Paris
    person: Benjamin Franklin
    groups: France and the United States of America, Great Britain
    won:United States
    promised mutual military support in case fighting should break out between French and British forces

  • Battle of Guilford Court House

    Battle of Guilford Court House
    Location: present day Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
    Important persons: Nathanael Greene and Lord Cornwallis
    What groups of people were involved: United Colonies and Great Britain
    Who won: Great Britain
    Why this event or battle was significant: The battle was “the largest and most hotly contested action”
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    Yorktown battle

    Location：York Town, Virginia
    Important persons: George Washington, Benjamin Lincoln, and Lord Cornwallis
    What groups of people were involved: United States, France, and Great Britain
    Who won: United States
    Why this event or battle was significant: This battle was the last big battle on land