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The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The first battle of the Revolutionary war. The British won the battle.
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The battle of Bunker Hill was fought in Massachusetts. The British won but Colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy.
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First major battle of the Revolutionary war. In terms of troop deployment and fighting, it was the largest battle of the war. It was a British victory.
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British lost control of New Jersey and retreated to New York. Americans won this battle.
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It was a turning point in the revolution. There was two battles with two different outcomes. Americans won one battle, while the British won another.
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The battle was small but had significant action on the frontier. British surrendered the fort. Americans also won this battle.
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The U.S. ship Bohomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a hard-fought engagement against the British ships of war Serapis/countess of Scarborough off the eastern coast of England.
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An unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, North Carolina. Americans suffered huge lost.
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British troops under lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis scored a tactical victory at Guilford Courthouse over American forces under Major General Nathaneal Greene. The British won this battle but suffered significant troop losses during the battle.
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George Washington commanding 17,000 french and continental troops. Yorktown, Virginia, the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. Americans won again.
