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Battle of Lexington and Concord
In the Battle of Lexington and Concord, We see that this is basically the start of a war. Before the regulars had came, Paul Revere came to Lexington to warn the colonist that they were coming. The colonist met the British at Lexington and to this day nobody knows who fired first but somebody fired, and the war officially started and 8 colonist were killed and 10 were wounded -
Fort Ticonderoga
In the battle of Fort Ticonderoga, Ethan Allen and American rebels took control of the British fort and captured many valuable weapons in the Battle. They captured the fort by attacking and knocking on the door while British lt. Was still half asleep and demanded that they gain control of the fort. They also captured a train that carried seventy heavy guns and it was not the colonist. This is significant because it gave the colonist leverage and allowed them to gain more weapons. -
Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's)
In the Battle of Bunker Hill, Revolutionaries had control of Charlestown peninsula and was ready for war. The British decide to use a frontal attack and attacked them. Although the revolutionaries lost this battle by retreating to Bunker Hill, it was a triumph due to the fact that a ragtag group of colonist stood with the strongest army in the world and hung with them. -
Battle of Trenton
In the Battle of Trenton, George Washington led a raid against the 1200. Germans in Trenton. He lead three groups across the river to attack in the middle of the night, but one 1 group made it, the one led by himself. One group went in from the south and one in from the north, and it was such a well planned out attack that no colonist were killed and very few were injured. This was a turning point for the colonist in the war because it changed their minds and kept them going in the war. -
Battle of Saratoga
In the battle of Saratoga, John Burgoyne led the Britsh to fight the new stronger American colonist to where the British were on there last breath. He lead the attack and disbursed into 3 groups and headed to war. Benedict Arnold who was not suppose to fight came in on his horse and gave directions to the Americans to lead the attack. British lost many more men than the colonist who lost less than 200. This was significant because the British army kept getting weaker and colonist got stronger. -
Siege of Charlestown
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Siege of Charleston
In the siege of Charleston, Sir Henry Clinton, leader of the British army focused on the southern colonies now and attacked Charleston. It was the biggest defeat of the war for American revolutionaries. American casualties in the siege were 89 killed, 138 wounded, and 2,571 Continental army soldiers captured. Another 1,000 militia were also taken. It was the greatest American defeat of the war. The British suffered only 76 killed and 189 wounded. -
King's Mountain
The victory of backcountry patriot militia over an army of British-backed Loyalists at King's Mountain was one of the signal American triumphs in the South and one of the best military performances by untrained troops during the entire American Revolution. Cornwallis led the British while Ferguson, the only one trained of the military. Ferguson surrounded King's mountain and captured it leading Cornwallis to surrender and leave North Carolina. -
Yorktown
At Yorktown, General Cornwallis was stationed there for its good harbor and with his stationed army. George Washington Gambled and tried to take down Cornwallis. He left trying to get in to New York and focused on Yorktown. He covered all the surrounding. Bays and Yorktown wide with his army almost 1600 men. Cornwallis finally surrender and the war was over, a new nation had been born.
