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Lexington and Concord
Kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tension was building for many years between the colonies and the British. On April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Battle of Trenton
Was a small battle during the American Revolutionary War. Also this was an important battle because the Hessian army was crushed in Washington's raid. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War -
Battle of Yorktown
This battle entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia and forced its surrender.
