American Revolution Battels

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  • Battle at Lexington and Concord:

    Battle at Lexington and Concord:
    The battle at Lexington and Concord were the first engagments of the American Revolutionary War. The battle was fought on April 19th 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (Present Day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britian and It's thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.
  • Battle of Bunker hill:

    Battle of Bunker hill:
    The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly around Breed's Hill, durning the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War.The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, but is occansionally referred to as the "Battle of Breeds Hill".
  • Battle of Charleston:

    Battle of Charleston:
    The battle of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards the Southern Colonies. As a defeat, it was the biggest loss of troops suffered by the Coninental Army in the war.
  • Battle of Saratoga:

    Battle of Saratoga:
    The battle of Saratoga (september 19th and October 7th) decided the fate of the British General John Burgoyne's army in the American Revolutionary War, and generally regaurded as a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, nine miles south of Saratoga, New York.
  • Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina

    Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina
    The battle of Cowpens (January 17, 1781) was a dicisive victory by American Revolutionary forces under Brigadier General Danial Morgan, in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was the turning point in the re-conquest of South Carolina from the British.
  • Battle of Yorktown:

    Battle of Yorktown:
    The Battle of Yorktown was a decisive victory by the combined assault of the American forces led by General George Washington and French forces let by General Comte De Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis's army prompted the British government eventually to negotiate an end to the conflict.