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Capture of Fort Ticongeroga
Fort Ticonderoga (New York) served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War.Benedict Arnold joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British garrison.
The Green Mountain Boys captured 78 pieces of heavy artillery including 59 cannons.These cannons were later moved to Boston and played a major role in driving the British out of Boston. -
Battle of Bunker hill
The British decided to take Bunker/Breeds hills, in order to gain a tactical advantage and to keep control of Boston/'s sea ports but American forces went to defend the hills. When the British heard what had happened, the British attacked. W.H. led three charges up Breeds Hill. The Americans started to run out of ammo and had to retreat at the third charge.The British won the hill, but at great costs. 226 British were killed & 800 wounded while the Americans did not suffer nearly as many deaths. -
British Boston Evacuation
On the evening of March 4, 50 cannons (from Fort Ticonderoga) were positioned on top of Dorchester Heights aimed at the British ships in Boston Harbor. The next morning when British General Howe saw the cannons aimed at him, he loaded his men and supplies onto their ships and left the Boston Harbor. He headed for Canada and set port in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This was Washington's first major victory. -
Howe defeats Washington in Battle of Brooklyn Heigths
The Battle of Brooklyn/Long Island was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776. It was a victory for the British Army and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave them control of the strategically important city of New York. In terms of troop deployment and fighting, it was the largest battle of the entire war. -
Washington crosses the Delaware
At about 11 p.m. on Christmas, Washington’s army commenced its crossing of the half-frozen river at three locations. The 2,400 soldiers led by Washington successfully braved the icy river and reached the New Jersey side of the Delaware just before dawn. The other two divisions, made up of 3,000 men and crucial artillery, failed to reach the meeting point in time. The victory was not particularly significant, but news of Washington’s initiative raised the spirits of the American colonists. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. -
Battle of Princeton
George Washington managed to evade conflict with Charles Cornwallis, who had been dispatched to Trenton to bag the fox.Cornwallis sent troops to guard the Delaware River, expecting Washington to reverse the route he took for the midnight crossing. Instead, Washington left his campfires burning, muffled the wheels of his army’s wagons and snuck around the side of the British camp. As the Continentals headed north at dawn, they met the straggling British rear guard, which they outnumbered 5 to 1. -
Battle of Sagatora
The two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On Sep 19, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, costly victory over American forces led by Benedict Arnold. His troop strength had been weakened but Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on Oct 7, but this time he was defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered 10 days later, and the American victory convinced the French to formally recognize their cause and enter the war as their ally. -
British capture of Savannah
The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. The siege itself consisted of a joint Franco-American attempt to retake Savannah, from September 16 to October 18, 1779. On October 9 a major assault against the British siege works failed. With the failure of the joint American-French attack, the siege failed, and the British remained in control of Savannah until July 1782, near the end of the war. -
Siege of Fort Vincennes
In the interim, one of the most controversial and brutal episodes of the frontier wars occurred. A war party of natives and French-Canadians entered the town, unaware of the American occupation. After a short skirmish, Clark captured 6 and forced the rest to flee.
On Feb 25, Hamilton surrendered the fort, which the Americans renamed Patrick Henry. British losses were 11 killed and 5 wounded. The Americans suffered no casualty; but 5 men were killed/ wounded when a tampered with cannon exploded. -
Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston
After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day ,May 12 in 1780, with the surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. With the victory, the British captured more than 3,000 Patriots and a great quantity of munitions and equipment, losing only 250 killed and wounded in the process. -
Battle of Kings Mountain
Receiving intelligence on the oncoming attack, Ferguson decided to retreat to the safety of Lord Cornwallis' army. However, the Patriots caught up with the Loyalists at Kings Mountain near the border with South Carolina. 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. -
Battle of Cowpens
After the British scored victories in South Carolina at Charleston and Camden, Major General Nathanael Greene, commander of the Continental army’s Southern campaign, decided to divide Patriot troops in the Carolinas in order to force the larger British contingent under General Charles Cornwallis to fight them on multiple frontsThe Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the British, and the battle was a turning point in the war’s Southern campaign. -
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
The blue sky filled with dark clouds and the broken cannon suggest the battles that led to this event. In early September, entrenched with a force of 7,000 men, Cornwallis had hoped for rescue from the sea, but the British vessels were repelled by a French fleet. Within weeks General Washington had deployed a much larger army, and his artillery bombarded the British positions in early October. After American and French troops overran two British strongholds, Cornwallis surrendered on October 19. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens. However Laurans was captured by a British warship and held in the Tower of London until the end of the war and Jefferson did not leave the United States in time to take part in the negotiations. -
Expensive costs of Revolutionary War
At the beginning of the War America's economy flourished because they could trade freely with the West Indies. But by The end of the War the Americans had managed to spend $114 million (Which was resolved with The first bank of America in February 25, 1791) . Of the 217,000 American service members: There were 4,435 battle deaths and 6,188 non mortal wounds.
