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Fort Ticonderoga
The fort was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again played an important role during the American Revolutionary War. -
Lexington and Concord
Some important leadersmwere John Parker, Francis Smith, James Barett and Hugh Purcy. The importance of this battle was it marked the outbreak of armed conflict between Great Britain and the 13 colonies. -
Bunker (Breed's) Hill
Some important leaders were William Prescott, William Howe, John Stark and Thomas Gage. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. It was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the majority of combat took place on the adjacent Breed's Hill. The British won. -
Trenton/Princeton
In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey and improved the morale and unity of the colonial army and militias. -
Saratoga
British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army southward in the Champlain Valley from Canada, and was surrounded by American forces in upstate New York. -
Siege of Charleston
British shifted focus to Southern American colonies. After approximately six weeks of siege, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the Charleston garrison, surrendered his forces to the British, resulting in one of the worst American defeats of the war. -
King's Mountain
An engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots -
Yorktown
Decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.