American Revolution battles

  • Battle or Lexington and Concord

    Battle or Lexington and Concord
    The battle of Lexington and concord were fought by the Americans and British, and was the begging of the revolutionary war.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    The battle of Bunker Hill was fought during Siege of Boston in the begging of the American Revolutionary war
  • Battle of Long Island

    Battle of Long Island
    the battle of Long Island is also known as the battle of Brooklyn and the battle of Brooklyn heights, the British won this war.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton
    The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.
  • Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

    Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
    Located on Lake Champlain in northeastern New York, Fort Ticonderoga served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.
  • Battle of Monmouth

    Battle of Monmouth
    The battle of Monmouth was fought in Monmouth country, NJ. Many men had been killed or wounded, while still more had collapsed in the 100 degree weather. Washington's own horse had died in the heat.
  • Battle of Cowpens

    Battle of Cowpens
    At the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina on January 17, 1781, during the Revolutionary War, American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan routed British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton . The Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the British, and the battle was a turning point in the war’s Southern campaign.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.