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Clip:Battle of Lexington and Concord
-First shots of the revolution fired here.
-Sometimes refered to as "the shot heard round the world".
-As a result, the Second Continental Congress met and named George Washington commander-in-chief of the army that gathered around Boston after Lexington and Concord. -
Clip:Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill
-First offical battle of the revolution.
-Significant because of what the americans learned.
-The battle demonstraited the power of the americans fighting from behind trees and using rocks as weapons.
-Showed the americans would need allies to supply ammunitions. -
Clip:Battle at Saratoga
-The turning point of the war for the americans
-American forces defeated the British in there attempts to split the colonies at the Hudson river. -
Clip:Battle of Charleston
-The port of Charleston, South Carolina was under seige by the British for many days.
-The first attempt by the British to capture Charleston was stopped by the tides and the resilience of the palmetto log fort that became known as Fort Moultrie. -
Clip:Battle at Cowpens
-Is a important battle in South Carolina because it showed the cooperation of the regular continental army.
-Partisans led the attack and then fled the field, tricking the British regulars into thinking that the americans were fleeing. -
Clip:Battle at Saratoga
-Final battle of the Revolution
-French and American forces joined at Yorktown, on land and at sea, and attacked British fortifications.
-The americans had surrounded the British and knowing this, the British gave up and surrendered.
