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battle of lexington and concord
the british troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons,they wanted to catch sam adams and john hancock.paul revere and william dawes warned british attack on horseback.76 colonists were killed in the battles.the untrained angry militia killed 700 british soldiers for a surprise victory. -
battle of bunker hill
the battle of bunker hill was fought on june 17, 1775 and the colonists militia was commanded by william howe and general robert pigot. there were three charges that the british made.there were 2400 british troops against 1500 american troops. no famous colonists died at the battle of bunker hill. -
battle of trenton
george washington lead the battle of trenton and crossed the delaware river he launched his attack on christmas day and the americans had won victory and the morale of the colonial soldiers is that they lost 268 of their soldiers. -
battle of fort ticonderoga
in april 1775 the colonists captured fort ticonderoga the militia was called the green mountain boys and ethan allen and benedict arnold led it and the seized boston. -
battle of saratoga
in the champlain valley canada and the british and the hessian troops had surrendered and the americans won more than the battle of saratoga after joining the french.horatio gates and benedict arnold led the americans.the americans won 2 battles and the patriots did so it was called the turning point. -
battle of yorktown
the cornwallis surrendered to george washington.the british surrendered to the americans and the french.the french helped america win the battle of yorktown.general george washington led the battle of yorktown.the continental army won over the british army.
