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Battle of Lexington and Concord
British were trying to find the militias stores of ammunition and arms. Paul Revere and William Dawes warned the militia that the British were coming. 79 militia met 1,000 British troops. 8 militia were killed. This was the first battle in the American Revolution. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
More volunteers joined the colonial militias. Soon the militia surrounded Boston. The militia around Boston numbered about 20,000 strong. Militia set up posts on Bunker Hill across the Harbor from Boston. The next day, the British assembled on the hill and charged. Due to low ammunition the British were forced to retreat twice, while on the third time charging to the fort that British accomplished taking over the the fort -
Battle of Long Island
Only 20,000 made up the Patriot force that was controlled by George Washington. The British badly defeated the outnumbered Continental Army in the battle. Patriots where still determined to fight, but they could not overcome the bigger and better- equipped British Army. The Patriot were defeated but were determined to keep fighting. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton in the morning in December in New Jersey. Colonial militia led by George Washington. -
The Battle Of Monmouth
the battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary war battle fought on June 28, 1777 -
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. the battle went september 19- october7 -
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Cowpens, fought on January 17, 1781, was an engagement between American Patriot forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and British forces under Sir Banastre Tarleton. -
Battle of Yorktown
In the fall of 1781, a combined American force of Colonial and French troops laid seige to the British Army at Yorktown, New York.
