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Battle of Lexington and Concord
The British marched to Concord to get rid of the Colonials weapons and supplies. They first went to Lexington where the Colonials met them but when they heard a shot fired they proceeded to retreat. They met up again with the British at the Old North Bridge in Concord. This time the Colonials had support from others. After killing some of the British top leaders, the British retreated to Boston. -
Battle Of Bunker Hill
The Americans set up their forces on Bunker Hill. This worried the British because the Americans had an advantage being on higher ground. The British ordered them off and the Americans did not do so. The British then attempted to charge them three times. The first two were unsuccessfull but on the third try the Americans were running low on supplies forcing them to retreat. -
Capture of Montreal
George Washington organized an army to go and attack Montreal. People in the Colonies thought that they wanted to be rid of their British rule. Under the command of General Richard Montgomery the Americans marched to Montreal. Montreal fell with virtually no resistance. -
Assult on Quebec
300 men commanded by General Montgomery, Another 1,100 men under the command of General Benedict Arnold. Arnold was the first to arrive and though he lost many of his men, he still went for the attack. His attack failed and he chose to wait for reinforcements. Next came Montgomery and he too lacked the men and supplies. Then there was a snow storm and the Americans muskets were useless. Montgomery was killed and Arnold wounded. They retreated resulting in the British winning. -
Brtiish Fleet arrives in New York
A massive invasion appeared off the coast of New York. Howes orders was to take New York City and then proceed up the Hudson River. Eventually they met up with General Burgoyne’s force heading south from Canada. -
Battle of Long Island
General Howe began sending his forces across the channel that separates Staten Island from Long Island, and within a few days there were over 20,000 British and Hessian troops in Brooklyn. Washington sent down 10,000 men under command of Israel Putnam to slow down the British advance. After loosing many troops, the rest of the troops in Long Island fled to meet Washington in Manhatten. Once the British got there Washington realized that they could not take on the British and the army withdrew. -
Battle of White Plains
On October 28 General Howe launched an attack which drove the Continental Army from the field at a cost of some 230 men. He missed a chance to destroy Washingtons army and instead of going further, he stopped. He ordered his troops to build attilery on heights and this allowed Washingtons army to flee north. -
Battle of Trenton
Continental Army attacked, taking the enemy completely by surprise. By 9:30 am the fighting was over; roughly 100 Hessians had been killed, nearly 900 others captured, with only a handful of American losses. By noon Washington and his men had withdrawn back across the river into Pennsylvania, carrying their prisoners and captured supplies with them. -
Battle of Princetown
Washington skillfully eluded Cornwallis and headed north toward Princeton. There the Continental Army encountered a smaller British force, and inflicted 500 more casualties on the enemy. In a matter of days Washington managed to drive the British from much of southern New Jersey. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
The British noticed that they could go on top of a mountain called Sugar Loaf and would be able to fire their cannons on the interior part of the fort. The Americans woke early the next morning to see the British setting up their cannons. They evacuated the fort allowing the British to take it over. -
Siege of Fort Stanwix
This battle lasted from August 4-23 1777. On August 4th St. Leger’s troops surrounded Fort Stanwix, and two days later they ambushed and destroyed 800 local militia that were on their way to relieve the fort. The Colonists didn't surrender though and the British later retreated.
Benedick Arnold created a rumor that he was going to come with a very large force. St. Leger thought this was true and he decided to lift the seige on Fort Stanwix. -
Battle of Brandywine
In attempt to capture Philidelphia, General Howe led 250 ships along the Chesapeake Bay, and landed them less than fifty miles from Philadelphia. The landing area was muddy which made unloading the ships take longer than expected. General Washington ushing with his Continental Army—now about 11,000 men strong—to set up a line of defenses at Chadds Ford on the Brandywine River. The Americans had lost many troops so they fled into York, Pensilvania. -
Battle of Saratoga
This consists of two seperate battles. In the first one Benedict Arnold was able to hold off British attack. The Burgoyne’s troops then dug entrenchments, hoping that they would be joined by soldiers from New York City. They never ended up coming so there was a second attack. The British assult was unsuccessfull and the Americans retaliated and the British retreated. -
Battle of Monmouth
The British thought that they were suseptable for an attack from Freanch. They decided to evacuate Philidelphia and went back to New York. General Washington decided that he would attack the British on their march back. The two armies clashed in Monmouth New Jersey. The Americans called an early retreat but Washington encouraged them to fight against the counterattsacks of the British. By the end the British still made it to New York.