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Battle of Bunker Hill
Description: On June 17, 1775 the Battle of Bunker Hill took place. It is one of the most important colonial victories in the U.S. War for Independence. The British planned to control the Charlestown peninsula. The Colonists and the British fought for the hill, it was a bloddy massacure.
Victor: The British
Generals in the battle: The Continentle general was Dr. Joseph Warre, Israel Putnam, and William Prescott. For the Britsh Sir William Howe -
Battle Of Bunker Hill, continued
- This Battle made the colonists realize that they can stand up to the british forces. -Even though the british won, the colonists won as well because they proved and scared the british. -The British lost alot of men which was efective for the colonists.
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Battle of Long Island
Description: New york was an important colony, the British and the Colonists fought for it.
Victor: The British
Comanders: Continental,George Washington, Israel Putnam, and William Alexander. For the British,Lord Charles Cornwallis, Sir Henry Clinton, and Sir William Howe. -
Battle of Long Island, continued
-The New York colony was an important one, its used for communication and trade. They both wanted it.
-The British had has lost 63 killed, 337 wounded, Washington had lost about 970 men killed,and there were 1,079 captured British men.
-Additional Colonists troops arrived to boost the number of men under Washington's command to 9,000. -
Battle of Trenton
Description: The battle of Trenton was right after Fort Lee was abandoned, Washington began to withdraw his army across New Jersey toward Philadelphia.
Victor: The Colonists
Commanders:For the British, Johann Rall, For the Colinists, George Washington -
Battle of Trenton, continued
- First colonists victory, very effective. -Only 2 killed and 5 wounded for the colonists -George Washington was extreamly effective in this battle. He got a chance to show off and win over the British forces.
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Battle of Brandywine
Description:George Washington had just been soundly defeated in New York and morale was very low. He wants revenge, in a way.
Victor: The Bitish
Commanders: For the British Sir William Howe, and for the colonists, George Washington. -
Battle of Brandywine
-For the British,90 killed, 488 wounded and 6 missing in action.
-For the Colonists, killed, 300 wounded, 600, missing in action, 400 men.
-The Colonists lost, on average, 1,200 men. -
Battle of Saratoga, continued
-The British Force 7200, killed 140, wounded 370, and captured 390.
-The Colonists forced 9000, killed 60, wounded 260, and captured no one
-Burgoyne's force was now reduced to less than 6,000 men. -
Battle of Saratoga
Description:About 4 miles from Saratoga, on the afternoon of the 19th September, a sharp encounter took place between part of the English right wing, under Burgoyne himself, and a strong body of the enemy, under Gates and Arnold.
Victor: The British
Commanders: For the British, General John Burgoyne,for the Colonists Benedict Arnold, Daniel Morgan, Horatio Gates. -
Battle of Monmouth
Description:Now it is the Americans turn to harass the British, and they do in small ways, burning bridges, muddying wells, cutting trees across roads, and snapping at their heels. The British advance only 40 miles in a week.
Victor: The British
Commanders: For the British Sir Henry Clinton, and for the Colonists, George Washington. -
Battle of Monmouth
-Though Washington has failed to destroy the British column, he had inflicted damage to their troops, and proven that Americans can stand against the regulars, without the advantage of surprise.
-In the aftermath, Lee is court-martialled, and is found guilty, and is removed from the Army for a year.
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Capture of Savannah
Description:The American commander Brigadier General Robert Howe of North Carolina, with only 700 men, made a feeble attempt to defend the city.
Victor: The Colonists
Commanders: For the British, Colonel Archibald Campbell
for the Colonists, Robert Howe. -
Capture of Savahna
- For the British, they, force 3100, killed 7, wounded 17,captured no one. -For the Colonists, they, force 850, killed 83. wounded 11, captured 453. -Campbell gained control of the city at the cost to his forces of seven killed and seventeen wounded.
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The Battle of Cowpens
Description:The Battle of Cowpens was a decisive victory by American Revolutionary forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British.
Victor: Teh British
Commanders: For the British, Banastre Tarleton, for teh Colonists, Daniel Morgan. -
The battle of Cowpens, continued
-The British drove in successive lines, anticipating victory only to encounter another, stronger line after exerting themselves and suffering casualties. The depth of the American lines gradually soaked up the shock of the British advance.
-Morgan's army took 712 prisoners, which included 200 wounded.
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The battle of Guilford Court House
Description:On the bright, late winter day of March 15, 1781, the Revolutionary War came to a remote county seat in north central North Carolina. Guilford Courthouse, with its population of considerably fewer than 100, was on this day the temporary residence of 4,400 American soldiers and their leader, Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene.
Victor: The Colonists
Commanders: For the British, Lord Charles Cornwallis, and for the Colonists, Nathanael Greene. -
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, continued
-Such was the strange and untoward nature of this war, that victory now, as we have already seen in more than one other instance, was productive of all the consequences of defeat.
-While the British army astonished both the old and new world, by the greatness of its exertions and the rapidity of its marches, it had never advanced any nearer even to the conquest of North Carolina.
-The Colonists forced 4400, killed 79, wounded 185, captured 75. -
The Battle of Yorktown, continued
Description: A decisive victory by combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis's army prompted the British government eventually to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Victor: The Colonists
Commanders: Lord Charles Cornwallis and George Washington. -
The battle of Yorktown
-Colonists win the American Revolution war.
-France helped out the Colonists.
-The march to Yorktown led by General George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau began on August 19, and has become known as the celebrated march, 4,000 French and 3,000 American soldiers began the march in Newport, Rhode Island, while the rest remained behind to protect the Hudson Valley.
