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Battle of Lexington & Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord,fought on April 19,1775,kicked off the American Revolutionary War.Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 colonies and the British authorities.On the night of April 18,1775,hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to Concord.Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm,colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoats.The Lexington town green started off the fighting,British were retreating under intense fire -
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Revolutionary War Battles
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Siege of Ft.Ticonderoga
Located on Lake Champlain in Northeastern New York.Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort,capturing the sleeping British garrison.This was the first American Victory of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Americans in Massachusetts.Most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed's Hill.The inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualities against the enemy and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Battle of Quebec
Patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery attempted to capture the British occupied city of Quebec and win support for the American cause in Canada.The attack failed and the effort cost Montgomery his life.This was the first major defeat of the Revolutionary War for the Americans. -
Battle of Long Island
The British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington.The battle was part of a British campaign to seize control of New York and isolate New England from the rest of the colonies.Washington's defeat could have led to surrender of his entire force. -
Battle of Ft.Washington
Hessian Lieutenant Generaal Wilhelm Von Knyphausen and force of 3000 Hessian mercenaries 5000 redcoats lay siege to Fort Washington at the Northern end and highest point of Manhattan Island. -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and,over the course of the next 10 days.Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing the week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south,then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. -
Battle of Princeton
On the morning of January 2 the Americans moved to Princeton and teamed up with reinforcements.Washington captured Hackensack and Elizabethtown,all of New Jersey,except for New Brunswick and Amboy. -
Battle of Brandywine
On the afternoon of this day,General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launched a full scale British attack on General George Washington and the Patriot outpost at Brandywine Creek near Chadds ford in Delaware County Pennsylvania.Sir William Howe marched his troops toward Philadelphia.Washington had been watching Howe carefully and rushed to stop him from reaching the city.Washington ordered his men to abandon their posts and retreat,Defeated the Continental Army marched North. -
Battle of Saratoga
British General John Burgoyne achieved a small,but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on Oct. 7,but was defeated and force to retreat. -
Battle of Charleston
Located in Charleston,South Carolina.Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton.British captured more than 3000 patriots.British gained control of South and the Americans lost many soldiers due to surrender. -
Battle of King's Mountain
Located South Carolina.American patriots and loyalists,illustrates the divisions in colonial society.When British General Lord Cornwallis sent Major Patrick Ferguson to send a message threatening Carolina patriots with death if they did not submit.South patriot forces gathered at sycamop under the command of colonels William Campbell,Isaac Shelby,Charles McDowell,and John Sevier.They traveled through snowy mountains to join other patriot militia.Ferguson stoped at king mountain,loyalists surrend -
Battle of Cowpens
Located in South Carolina.American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan routed British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.The Americans inflicted heavy casualities on the British,and the battle was a turning point in the wars Southern campaign. -
Battle of Yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis a number of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.Although the war persisted on the high seas, the Patriot victory at Yorktown ended fighting in the American colonies. Peace negotiations began in 1782, and on Sept.
