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battle of lexington and concord
700 british troops are on their way to seize a weapons cache and are blocked by 70 militiamen, some unknown person fired a shot and the battle began. the militiamen fled and the british won. However after the british had seized the weapons they were intercepted by a larger group of militiamen and the british fled this time. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The colonial army defended Breed's Hill which was just outside of Massachusetts, against a large British assault. The colonists were successfully defending the hill until they ran out of ammo and were forced to retreat. This battle was important because it inspired the patriots despite losing the battle. -
battle of long island
british take ny in an impressive display of power, however washington did not surrender there, he showed his tactically superior mind and retreated -
Battle of Trenton and Princeton
washington crossed the delaware on christmas night and made a surprise attack on hessan camps forcing the hessians to surrender. -
Battle of Saratoga
The first battle took place at freeman's farm, patriots lost one man for every 2 British troops. The second battle took place at bemis heights, Burgoine tried to break through the patriot forces surrounding them and was almost wiped out resulting in a patriot victory. -
Battle of Vincennes
The americans launched an attack on fort vincennes, the americans lost no men -
Battle of Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis
The U.S. ship Bonhomme engaged two British ships, the Serapis and the Countess off the eastern coast of Britain. The battle resulted in both the Serapis and the Countess surrendering, this battle was important because it showed the british we could fight across the world. -
Battle of Charleston
British win this battle and capture more than 3,000 patriots while losing only 250 in the process, the patriot general Benjamin Lincoln surrenders unconditionally. This was the worst patriot loss of the entire war. -
Battle of Guilford courthouse
around 1,900 british troops under the command of general cornwallis took the offensive against some 4,500 american troops commanded by Greene. 25% of cornwallis's men die, this stiff resistance caused cornwallis to abandon his carolina campaign and move to virginia where he was defeated by washington at yorktown. -
Battle of Yorktown
17,000 continental troops led by washington surrounded british general cornwallis and his force of 9,000 after three weeks of non-stop bombardment cornwallis surrenders ending the last major land battle of the war
