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Although it is known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. In the end, the British Red Coats won in Massachusetts.
Commanders:
British - Major General William Howe and Brigadier General Robert Pigot
Colonial - Colonel William Prescott -
This battle started with the British doing a surprise attack at Brandywine Creek. The ending results were the British winning and taking Philadelphia.
Commanders:
British - General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis
Colonial - General George Washington -
This was the turning point for the Revolutionary War. At the end of the war 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms.
Commanders:
British - General John Burgoyne
Colonial - Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold -
Valley Forge was a military camp in southeastern Pennsylvania when the Continental Army spent a harsh winter during the American Revolution. After they left here, they fought the British in Philadelphia and won.
Commanders:
British - General Thomas Conway
Colonial - General George Washington -
This was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. This was one of the few battles that the British won, the colonists were defeated.
Commanders:
British - Major General Benjamin Lincoln
Colonial - Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton -
This war caused nearly 2,000 Patriots killed or taken prisoner and heavy losses of artillery. The results were a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War.
Commanders:
British - General Charles Cornwallis
Colonial - General Horatio Gates but was later replaced by Nathanael Greene -
This battle happened after the British invasion of Charleston, SC. The ending results were that the Americans won, having this be the first patriotic victory.
Commanders:
British - Major Patrick Ferguson
Colonial - Colonel William Campbell -
This battle was the turning point of the war in the south. The results were the Americans routing the British forces which they ended up wining.
Commanders:
British - Colonel Banastre Tarleton
Colonial - General Daniel Morgan -
This war proved pivotal to the American victory in the American Revolutionary War. The British ended up loosing and suffered many lost troops.
Commanders:
British - Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis
Colonial - Major General Nathanael Greene -
This was the last major battle of the American Revolution. At the end of the battle, which ended in October, the French & Continental troops won (Colonial).
Commanders:
British - General Lord Charles Cornwallis
Colonial - George Washington
