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Lexington and Concord
First military engagements of the American Revolution. Fought in a province of Massechusettes Bay near Boston. Marked the outbreak of armed conflict between Great Britain and the Colonies. -
Fort Ticonderoga
British detachments retreated to Boston which caused the Seige of Boston to begin. Rebels gathered around Boston but realized they didn't have the power to carry out a successful Seige. Fort Ticonderoga became the objective because of its multitude of munitions and strategic position. -
Bunker Hill
One of the most important colonial victories of the American Revolution. Fought during the Seige of Boston, and brought great encouragement to the revolutionary cause. The battle started when the colonists learned about the British plan to occupy Dorchester Heights. This battle showed it was not going to be a quick and easy win for the British. -
Trenton/Princeton
American troops surprised a Hessian picket guard, stationed in houses along the Pennington road about a half mile outside Trenton. simultaneously, General Sullivan's troops approached the town of Trenton. -
Battle of Saratoga
turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
Seige of Charleston
Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. -
Kings Mountain
Patriot irregulars under Colonel William Campbell defeat Tories under Major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of King’s Mountain in South Carolina. Unwilling to surrender to Ferguson led a suicidal charge down the mountain and was shot down. After his death, some of his men tried to surrender, but they were slaughtered in cold blood by the frontiersmen, who were bitter over British excesses in the Carolinas. -
Yorktown
A decisive victory by combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis's army prompted the British government eventually to negotiate an end to the conflict.
