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Battle of Lexington & Concord
On April 19, 1775, British troops arrived in Lexington and came upon militiamen gathered on the town green. A shot fired, British then continued into Concord to finish off the militiamen. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
Battle of Long Island
On August 27, 1776 the British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. The British were sent to seize control over New York and to isolate New England from the colonies -
Battle of Trenton
In Delaware on Christmas Day 1776, Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before with drawing. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
On July 6, 1777, 7,213 British troops against 300 American troops. The Americans withdrew precipitately from Ticonderoga leaving it in British hands. -
Battle of Saratoga
On September 19, 1777, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
Battle of Saratoga
On September 19, 1777, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. -
Battle at 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. -
Battle of Yorktown
In the fall of 1781, a combined American force of Colonial and French troops laid siege to the British Army at Yorktown.