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Battle of Lexington and Concord
70 waiting minutemen. A shot was fired—from where is still not clear. Both sides let loose an exchange of bullets. When the shooting ended, eight minutemen lay dead. All along the road, colonists hid behind trees and fired on the soldiers . When the redcoats reached Boston, at least 174 were wounded and 73 were dead. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Fewer than a hundred militiamen, under the joint command of their leader, Ethan Allen, and Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts, crossed Lake Champlain at dawn, surprising and capturing the still-sleeping British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga. -
battle of bunker hill
The Americans opened fire, forcing the British to retreat. Twice more the redcoats charged, receiving furious fire from above. Finally, the Americans ran out of gunpowder and had to withdraw. -
Battle of long island
Britain sent 32,000 troops across the Atlantic to New York. Only 20,000 soldiers made up the Patriot force under George Washington. Yet the Americans were determined to fight. The two sides clashed in the Battle of Long Island. The British badly defeated the outnumbered Continental Army. -
battle of trenton
Washington was camped in Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River from the British camp in New Jersey. On Christmas night 1776, Washington led 2,400 troops across the icy river to surprise the enemy at Trenton the next day. Washington then escaped and marched to Princeton; his army scattered the British force the -
Battle of Saratoga
Patriots had stopped St. Leger at Fort Stanwix. Howe was still in Philadelphia. Now American troops under General Horatio Gates surrounded Burgoyne's army. Burgoyne made a attack on October 7. The Patriots held firm.
