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Lexington and Concord
General Gage lead the British troops in the early hours for a sneak attack on Lexington. The battle gave hope for the revolution because it was declared a major victory for the colonies. -
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Fort Ticonderoga
Revolution led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold in the early morning went and captured British garrison sleeping. They would get much needed ammunition in the first American victory of the war -
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Bunker (Breed's) Hill
Colonel William Scott led 1,000 militia men into battle. The colonies lost the battle, but caused mass casualties in the British army -
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Trenton/Princeton (NJ Campaign)
Washington defeated a formidable Garrison of Hessian before withdrawing. Then went and captured Princeton. This battle asserted the US power in New Jersey -
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Saratoga (Bemis Heights, the second battle)
British John Burgoyne led the British into battle. He had to retreat to Saratoga and surrendered his entire army to the Colonies in some of the most decisive battles in the war. -
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Siege of Charleston
Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton in the Americans worst loss of the revolutionary war. -
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King's Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was an engagement between Patriots led by Colonel William Campbell and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots. -
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Yorktown
General George Washington led a fleet into Yorktown. This is where the Americans trapped the British and led to the surrender that ended the Revolutionary War.