Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    first battles of the American Revolution. British were searching for guns and ammunitions 8 colonist were killed
  • Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

    on May 10, 1775, when a small force a small army led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    British found out this was not going to be a easy war, which gave colonist confidence.
  • Battle of Long Island

    , also known as the Battle of Brooklyn. defeat for the Continental Army under General George Washington and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave the British control of the strategically important city of New York.
  • Battle of Trenton

    when General George Washington led the main Continental Army across Delaware river to surprise and virtually eliminate the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey.
  • Battle of fort Ticonderoga

    Is when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    AMERICAN VICTORY!!!! the colonist defeted the British
    -turning point in war
    -France is now helping colonist
  • Battle of Monmouth

    in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Continental Army under General George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army column commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton as they left Monmouth Court House
  • Battle of Cowpens

    1,100 British in the King's Army were sent against 2000 men under Morgan. The Patriot forces conducted a double envelopment of Tarleton's force, and suffered casualties of only 12 killed and 61 wounded. Tarleton was one of around 160 British troops to escape.
  • Battle of YorkTown

    was a 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.