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Lexington and Concord
John Parker led the Americans against Francis Smith and the British. It was the first military encounter of the war. Americans won. -
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Fort Ticonderoga
US forces defeat British forces at Fort Ticonderoga. -
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Bunker Hill
Considered first major battle of Revolution. British attack with a massive amphibious assault, that is opposed by General Washington's outnumbered forces. Despite heavy casualties, Britain takes New York. -
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Battles of Trenton and Princeton
George Washington defeated the Hessians twice to prove america could win the war. -
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Battle of Saratoga
Haratio Gates defeats John Burgoyne and gives the US a decisive victory over the British -
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Siege of Charleston
Benjamine Lincoln and the Americans suffer a major defeat at the hands of Sir Henry Clinton and the British. The British took control of Charleston. -
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King's Mountain
James Johnstone and the patriots kill Patrick Ferguson and destroy British forces in South Carolina. -
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Yorktown
George Washing, the French, and the Patriots surrounded General Cornwallis and the British Army, causing the British to surrender and America won the war.