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Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
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Revolutionary War
These are the battles of the Revolutionary War and how we become America -
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 -
Long Island
The Battle of Long Island is also referred to as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights and took place on Tuesday, August 27, 1776 at Long Island, New York -
Trenton and Priceton
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days -
Saratoga
Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution -
Vincennes
The Siege of Fort Vincennes was a Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes -
Bohomme Richard vs. Serapis
In the American Revolution, notable American naval victory, won off the east coast of England by Captain John Paul Jones. -
Charleston
After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General -
Guilford Courthouse
At the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781, some 1,900 British soldiers under Cornwallis went on the offensive against Greenes 4,400 to 4,500 Continental troops and militia -
Yorktown
General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops
