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Lexington and Concord
Location- Massachusetts
First armed conflict. Propagandavictory for the colonies.
Casualties: Colonials-95; Redcoats-273. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Location- Lake Champlain
Ethan Allen captured fort and cannon later used in defense of Boston. -
Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
Location- Boston
Only battle in long siege of Boston. 1 in 6 of all British officers killed in the American Revolution died here. -
Invasion of Quebec
Location- Maine/Canada
Generals Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery failed in attempt to invade Canada. -
Vicennes
Location- Western Territories
George Rogers Clark captured British forts, which proved important in negotiations with the British after the war. -
Dorchester Heights
Location- Boston
British forced to evacuate New England. -
Long Island
Location- New York
Continental Army forced to retreat to Manhatten and then New Jersey -
Trenton
Location- New Jersey
Hessian mercenaries crushed in Washington's raid across the Delaware River. Casualties: Colonists-4; Hessians-900. -
Princeton
Location- New Jersey
Continental Army recaptured New Jersey from the British in ten days. British retreat to New York, where they remain for the duration of the war. -
Brandywine Creek Germantown
Location- Pennsylvania
British seized Philadelphia after these victories. -
Saratoga
Location- New York
Burgoyne surrenders 5,800 men. Turning point of the American Revolution. Convinced the French to assist the colonies. -
Monmouth
Location- New Jersey
Continental Army almost captured the British, but cowardice allowed the British forces to escape. -
Savannah
Location- Georgia
Beginning of the British push into the southern colonies. -
Charleston
Location- Soth Carolina
British gained control of the southern colonies with the victory here. The largest defeat for the Continental Army. -
King's Mountain
Location- South Carolina
Bloody victory for the Continental Army -
Yorktown
Location- Virginia
Cornwallis surrendered to Washington as French and American forces trapped the British on peninsula.
