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The battle of Lexington and Concord
At Lexington, the numerically superior 240 british troops faced of against the 70 american troops. Nobody knew who shot first, but they heard the shot heard around the world. The Americans suffered seven casualties, and the british marched on to concord. however, the revolutionaries used guerrela warfare to pick off about 125 british troops, striking back and defeating the british. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
British forces clashed against the rebels at this historic batlle, where in actuality, the majority of fighting happened on breed's hill. While in numbers the british won, the losses were so heavy it ended in a costly pyrhic victory, providing a much- needed morale boost for the rebels. -
Battle of long island
In this british victory, the british army moved against general george washington's continetal army, in a campaign to shut new england off from the rest of the colonies. 400 ships of the line symbolized how awfully one sided this battle was, as the british Completely destroyed the continental army and took control of new york. -
The battle of Trenton
This iconic battle led by general george washington had the troops bravely crossing the cold, icy delaware river in a surprise attack on the british, who were not expecting an attack during christmas. after leading the british south and defeating them, the morale of the continental army had been greatly restored. -
The battle of Saratoga
This turnaround battle for favored the continental army, as they would have had to have faced Two British armies if general howe had not taken too long to give his orders. Luck was once again in the Continental's favor as the british did not know how to fight behind rocks and trees, and were trapped and surrendered to the continental army, turning the tides of the war. -
The cherry valley Massacre
The cherry valley massacre was an event in the revolutionary war in which was one of the most violent and brutal massacres of it's time. 30 innocent non- combatants were killed. the killers were a mix of loyalists, british forces, iriqouis, and seneca natives. most of the killing, however, was commited by the seneca. this is partly due to general walter butler's lack of control over his native allies. -
The Battle of Cowpens
The battle of cowpens was a turnaround victory in the southern campaign for the rebels, as an army led by brigadier general Daniel Morgan faced off and defeated Colonel banastre tarleton's british troops. Tarleton was known for executing prisoners himself in a rather blunt fashion, earning him the name "the butcher", making him all the more satisfying to defeat. -
The siege of yorktown
This 3 week lonmg siege on the british- held town of yorktown was only pulled of with the cooperation of the French and American soldiers. The French had possesion of a Navy, something the Americans had no access to whatsoever. The French navy blocked off the british from reinforcements and food, allowing the american troops to starve and pester the british troops until they surrended, continuously eding closer to
