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Key Battles in the American Revolution

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    Location- Massachusetts
    First armed conflict. Propagandavictory for the colonies.
    Casualties: Colonials-95; Redcoats-273.
  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga

    Location- Lake Champlain
    Ethan Allen captured fort and cannon later used in defense of Boston.
  • Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)

    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

    Invasion of Quebec

    Location- Maine/Canada
    Generals Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery failed in attempt to invade Canada.
  • Vicennes

    Vicennes

    Location- Western Territories
    George Rogers Clark captured British forts, which proved important in negotiations with the British after the war.
  • Dorchester Heights

    Dorchester Heights

    Location- Boston
    British forced to evacuate New England.
  • Long Island

    Long Island

    Location- New York
    Continental Army forced to retreat to Manhatten and then New Jersey
  • Trenton

    Trenton

    Location- New Jersey
    Hessian mercenaries crushed in Washington's raid across the Delaware River. Casualties: Colonists-4; Hessians-900.
  • Princeton

    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

    Brandywine Creek Germantown

    Location- Pennsylvania
    British seized Philadelphia after these victories.
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga

    Location- New York
    Burgoyne surrenders 5,800 men. Turning point of the American Revolution. Convinced the French to assist the colonies.
  • Monmouth

    Monmouth

    Location- New Jersey
    Continental Army almost captured the British, but cowardice allowed the British forces to escape.
  • Savannah

    Savannah

    Location- Georgia
    Beginning of the British push into the southern colonies.
  • Charleston

    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

    King's Mountain

    Location- South Carolina
    Bloody victory for the Continental Army
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown

    Location- Virginia
    Cornwallis surrendered to Washington as French and American forces trapped the British on peninsula.