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Lexington and Concord
Militia commanders: British officers:
Francis smith, John Pitcairn, Hugh Percy
John Parker
James Barrett
William Heath
Joeseph warren
Isaac Davis
John Buttrick
It started the war. -
Lexington and Concord
Militia commanders: British officers:
Francis smith, John Pitcairn, Hugh Percy
John Parker
James Barrett
William Heath
Joeseph warren
Isaac Davis
John Buttrick
It started the war. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
William Dellaplace
Strategic importance- It impeded communication between northern and southern units of the British Army, and gave the nascent Continental Army a staging ground for the invasion of Quebec later in 1775 -
Bunker (Breeds) Hill
Israel Putnam
William Prescott
Joseph Warren
John Stark
(Warren declined command and fought as an individual)
British Army:
William Howe
Sir Robert Pigot
James Abercrombie
Henry Clinton
Royal Navy:
Samuel Graves
John Pitcairn
Strategic importance- The battle at the time was considered to be a colonial defeat; however, the losses suffered by the British troops gave encouragement to the colonies, demonstrating that militiamen were able to stand up to regular army troops -
Trenton/Princeton
Colonies- George Washington, Nathaniel George
Britain- Johaan Rall
Strategic importance- They are noted as the first successes won by Washington in the open field. They put new life into the American cause, and established Washington in the confidence of his troops and the country at large. -
Saratoga
Horatio Gates
Benedict Arnold
Benjamin Lincoln
Enoch Poor
Ebenezer Learned
Daniel Morgan John Burgoyne
Simon Fraser
F.A. Riedesel
Strategic importance- the French entered the war on the American side -
Siege of Charleston
Commanders and leaders: Sir Henry Clinton
Mariot Arbuthnot
Charles Cornwallis
Benjamin Lincoln (POW)
Strategic importance: it was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards the American Southern Colonies. -
King's Mountain
Commanding officers: James Johnston
William Campbell
John Sevier
Frederick Hambright
Joseph McDowell
Benjamin Cleveland
James Williams
Isaac Shelby
Joseph Winston
William Chronicle
Patrick Ferguson
Abraham DePeyster
Strategic importance: The surprising victory over the American Loyalist militia came after a string of rebel defeats at the hands of Lord Cornwallis, and greatly raised the Patriots' morale. Cornwallis was forced to abandon his southern campagne -
Yorktown
Commanding officers:
George Washington
Marquis De Lafayette
Comte de Rochambeau
Comte de Grasse
Strategic significance: ended the revolutionary war
