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battle of lexington and concord
The first battle against britain. concord the british made the minute men retreat. lexington more minute men gather toghether and send the british running. -
battle of bunker hill
americans built fortification on top off breeds hill and fought off brittan untill they had to retreat due to lack of supplies. -
battle of long island
The british troops complatly desotroy amrican troops british win -
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battle of saratoga
general bergoyne (over confident after capturing an american fort) gets attacked by americans and loses later leeding to his surrender. -
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Battle of trenton and prencton
trenton:american forces under geogre washington decide to divide and launch a supprise attack on exausted brittish troops
princeton : washington secretly sends troops to destroy a bridge but gets stoped by red coats and they fight it out -
battle of vincennes
fought in modern day illinois americans capture and keep fort vincennes. -
battle of bonhomme richard vs serapis
the us ship bohomme richard commanded by john paul jones wins a hard fought battle against expeienced british fleets. -
battle of charlestown
8,500 british troops are sent to siege charlestown and we lose charlestown. -
battle of gullford courthouse
the british under lieutenant general charales cornwallis score the win but lose way to many troops. -
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battle of yorktown
a group of 17,000 american and french troops faight and take surrender of 9,000 british troops. last battle of the revolutionary war.