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Battles of Lexington and Concord
This was the official start of the Revoultionary War. Also this battle established guerilla warfare as the main strategy for the colonists. Even though the colonists "lost" this battle, the British army had significally more casualities than the Minutemen. Finally, this battle confirmed the alienation of the colonies and Britain -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This was the official start of the Revolutinary War. The Minutemen caused a significant amount of casualties in the British army. This also soldified the colonists using guerilla warfare as their main startegy against the British. Finally this confirmed the alienation fo the colonies to Britain -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill had important effects. It convinced many patriots that a regular military establishment was unnecessary, thus adding to General George Washington's difficulties. (Appointed to command the Continental army on 15 June, he arrived at Boston two weeks after the battle.) The memory of the heavy casualties greatly affected Howe, who henceforth failed to press his victories. The battle also caused the British to employ mercenaries. -
Trenton/Princeton
In ten days’ time, Washington had won three small victories – two at Trenton and one at Princeton – and turned the war around. As he had anticipated, the Americans gained both political and military dividends. General Howe had been on the verge of stamping out the rebellion in New Jersey, and of obliterating the Continental Army for good. Brought down and eroded the Britsish will to win -
Fort Ticonderoga
The Americans easily seizing all the posts surrounding the fort itself on the western side of Lake Champlain. Powell was secure inside the walls of the old fort, however, since Brown's artillery was too weak to batter a way in. After four days of firing his small field pieces, Brown withdrew. While the material gain from the raid was slight, the bold move gave a boost to the troops of the main American army lying in wait for Burgoyne at Saratoga. -
Battle of Saratoga
The surrender of an entire British army was one of the most important events of the American Revolution and led directly to the intervention of France on behalf of the American rebels. Nevertheless, the proud professionals of the British army and their mercenary German allies had been humbled by the American amateurs. -
Siege of Charleston
American casualties in the siege were 89 killed, 138 wounded, and 2,571 Continental army soldiers captured. Another 1,000 militia were also taken. It was the greatest American defeat of the war. The British suffered only 76 killed and 189 wounded. After the capture of Charleston there was no organized opposition to the British in South Carolina, and Patriot morale plumeted throughout the southern states. -
Battle of King's Mountain
The victory was one of the most complete recorded during the war of the Revolution: the Loyalists lost 157 killed, 163 badly wounded, and 698 taken prisoner. Virtually the entire Loyalist force was killed, wounded, or captured. The patriots lost only twenty-eight killed and sixty-four wounded. The defeat ended Cornwallis's attempts to rally significant Loyalist support, and he withdrew from his expedition into North Carolina. -
Battle of Yorktown
Cornwallis himself skulked in the town, claiming illness, but Gen. Charles O'Hara presented his sword to Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, who had been deputized by Washington to receive the surrender. Although the peace treaty was not completed for two more years, and British garrisons remained in New York City and Charleston, the Revolutionary War was over, and a new nation had been born.
