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Bunker Hill
-The victor British
-The British general was William Prescott.
-The continental general was George Washington.
-The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major engagement of the American Revolution.
-At 1 PM on 17 June, Howe led 1,500 British troops across the bay to Charleston Neck. They then began an assault, supported by a few British field guns and some naval gunfire.
-It convinced many patriots that a regular military establishment was unnecessary -
Long Island
-The victor of the battle was William Howe British.
-The British General was William Howe.
-The continental general was George Washington
-On August 22, Howe transported fifteen thousand troops from the tip of Staten Island to Long Island and prepared to advance against the Americans.
-The British wins due to good planning and execution and in part to American carelessness it was nearly complete.
-Howe devised a clever plan
-The Americans probably numbered no more than nineteen thousand troops. -
Battle of Trenton
-The victor and British general was William Howe.
-The continental general was Charles Lee
-On 11 December, Washington crossed the Delaware into Pennsylvania to gather his forces.
-Lee was captured by a British patrol at Basking Ridge on December 13.
-Major General John Sullivan, who succeeded to the command, successfully brought the troops across the river. -
Battle of Brandywine
-The victor was British.
-Continental general was George Washington.
-The British General was William Howe.
-The largest part of the army was divided into two divisions, one commanded by General Nathanael Greene, the other by General Anthony Wayne.
-Even though he was the stranger, Howe approached the Brandywine with a far better understanding of the local geography than that of Washington.
-The American army had suffered yet another defeat stand-up battle with the British. -
Battle of Saratoga
-The victor was Horatio Gates.
-The British general was John Burgoyne.
-The continental general was Horatio Gates.
-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.
-The British commander decided finally on another reconnaissance in force, hoping it would lead to opportunities to attack the American fortifications.
-They had lost at least six hundred men. -
Battle of Monmouth
- The victor was George Washington -The British general was Chief Clinton -The Continental was George Washington -Lee decided to help George Washington and he thought that some stuff should be his command. -Lee was given orders to wait until the British began to move, wait for most of the army to leave camp, and then attack the British rearguard as it began to move.
- The significance of the battle of Monmouth is as confused at the battle itself.The main victim was Lee.
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Captue of Savannah
-The victor was Archibald Campbell, British.
-The British general was Archibald Campbell.
-The continental general was Robert Howe.
-The American commander General Robert Howe, with only 700 men, made an attempt to defend the city
-Henry Clinton, in charge of British troop, is ordered to move to the South.
-Campbell gained control of the city at the cost to his forces of seven killed and seventeen wounded. -
Battle of Cowpens
-The victor was Daniel Morgan U.S.
-The British general was Banastre Tarleton.
-The continental general was Daniel Morgan.
-It was a turning point in the conquest of South Carolina from the British.
-The flag flown during the battle became known as the Cowpens flag.
-Many of the British surrendered right away. -
Guilford Court House
-The victor was Charles Cornwallis, British.
-The British general was Lord Charles Cornwallis.
-The continental general was Nathanael Greene.
-The British had overrun South Carolina and showed every indication of ripping the stars and stripes of North Carolina and Virginia from the new American flag.
-General Greene deployed his men in three lines of battle across the Great Salisbury Wagon Road
-General Greene had ordered his army to retreat, leaving the British alone in the battlefield. -
Battle of Yorktown
-The victor was George Washington U.S.
-The British general was Lord Charles Cornwallis.
-The continental general was George Washington.
-The march to Yorktown led began on August 19, and has become known as the celebrated march.
-By October 5, Washington was almost ready to open the first parallel.
-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 and end the conflict.
