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Battle of Lexington and Concord
This battle started the American Revolution. Tensions had been building for many years between the American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusett. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Located on Lake Champlain in northeastern New York. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Battle of Long Island
On August 27, 1776 the British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. The battlewas part of aBritish campaign to seize control of New York and thereby isolate New England from the rest of the colonies. Washington’s defeat could have led to the surrender of his entire force, but his ingenuity instead allowed him to escape and continue the fight. -
Battles of Trenton
George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution.In the Battle of Trenton, Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing.